Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Thick-billed Ground-pigeon

Ptilinopus mercierii مقارنةً بـ Trugon terrestris

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Red-moustached Fruit-dove Thick-billed Ground-pigeon
الاسم العلمي Ptilinopus mercierii Trugon terrestris
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Extinct Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 34,7 cm (13.7 in)
الوزن 375,75 g (13.25 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع -- 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

بلا

Thick-billed Ground-pigeon only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Thick-billed Ground-pigeon

الغناء

Soft, thick-billed cooing with resonant quality; deep warm notes through dense New Guinea lowland forest.

حالة الحفاظ

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Thick-billed Ground-pigeon

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.

Thick-billed Ground-pigeon

Stout, medium-large ground pigeon, 28–32 cm, with olive-brown upperparts, a thick pale bill, white facial markings, and rufous-barred underparts. Restricted to dense lowland and foothill rainforest of New Guinea. Terrestrial forager of seeds, fallen fruits, and invertebrates on the forest floor. Least Concern.

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