Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Beautiful Fruit-dove

Ptilinopus mercierii مقارنةً بـ Ptilinopus pulchellus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Red-moustached Fruit-dove Beautiful Fruit-dove
الاسم العلمي Ptilinopus mercierii Ptilinopus pulchellus
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Extinct Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 21,1 cm (8.3 in)
الوزن 72,0 g (2.54 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع -- 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

بلا

Beautiful Fruit-dove only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Beautiful Fruit-dove

About These Birds

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.

Beautiful Fruit-dove

Beautiful Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), 19 cm. Among the most vividly coloured: red cap, green back, white breast with a rose-pink breast bar, and yellow belly. Found in lowland forest of western New Guinea. Frugivore. Least Concern; restricted to New Guinea but locally common.

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