Brush Bronzewing vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Phaps elegans مقارنةً بـ Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Brush Bronzewing Red-moustached Fruit-dove
الاسم العلمي Phaps elegans Ptilinopus mercierii
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح 32,5 cm (12.8 in)
الوزن 201,25 g (7.10 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Brush Bronzewing only

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

Brush Bronzewing

الغناء

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes typical of South American open scrub habitat. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Brush Bronzewing

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Brush Bronzewing

Medium pigeon, 28–33 cm, with richly patterned rufous-brown plumage, bold iridescent bronze and purple wing patches, and a chestnut forehead. Restricted to coastal scrub, heath, and dense forest in southern Australia and Tasmania. Granivore of seeds on the ground. Least Concern.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Red-moustached Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus mercierii), 27 cm. Green with a red moustachial streak and orange underparts; endemic to the Marquesas Islands. Last confirmed on Nuku Hiva and Hiva Oa. Possibly Extinct; last reliably recorded in the 1970s. Threatened by introduced rats and cats.

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