Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Adamawa Turtle-dove

Ptilinopus mercierii مقارنةً بـ Streptopelia hypopyrrha

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Red-moustached Fruit-dove Adamawa Turtle-dove
الاسم العلمي Ptilinopus mercierii Streptopelia hypopyrrha
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Extinct Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 34,6 cm (13.6 in)
الوزن 161,0 g (5.68 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع -- 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

بلا

Adamawa Turtle-dove only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Adamawa Turtle-dove

الغناء

Soft, gentle cooing with laughing quality; pleasant notes carrying through African dry woodland. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

حالة الحفاظ

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Adamawa Turtle-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.

Adamawa Turtle-dove

Medium dove, 27–30 cm, with warm rufous-brown upperparts, a black neck collar, and a deep orange-red breast. Endemic to the highland plateaus and montane grasslands of northern Nigeria and Cameroon. Granivore of grass seeds and cultivated grains. Poorly studied and localised range. Least Concern.

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