Rapa Fruit-dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Ptilinopus huttoni مقارنةً بـ Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Rapa Fruit-dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
الاسم العلمي Ptilinopus huttoni Ptilinopus mercierii
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Critically Endangered Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح 32,3 cm (12.7 in)
الوزن 130,0 g (4.59 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Rapa Fruit-dove only

بلا

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Critically Endangered

Rapa Fruit-dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Rapa Fruit-dove

Rapa Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus huttoni), 27 cm. Large for the genus; green with a white head and breast and a green-spotted belly. Endemic to Rapa Island, the most remote island of French Polynesia. Inhabits dense montane scrub. Frugivore. Endangered; tiny population on one isolated island.

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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