Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Great Cuckoo-Dove

Ptilinopus mercierii مقارنةً بـ Reinwardtoena reinwardti

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Red-moustached Fruit-dove Great Cuckoo-Dove
الاسم العلمي Ptilinopus mercierii Reinwardtoena reinwardti
الرتبة Columbiformes Columbiformes
الفصيلة Columbidae Columbidae
حالة الحفاظ Extinct Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 47,6 cm (18.7 in)
الوزن 240,0 g (8.47 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع -- 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

بلا

Great Cuckoo-Dove only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Great Cuckoo-Dove

الغناء

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes carrying through open Australian woodland. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

حالة الحفاظ

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Great Cuckoo-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.

Great Cuckoo-Dove

Large cuckoo-dove, 45–50 cm, with rufous-brown upperparts, a pale grey head and breast, and a very long, broadly barred tail. Found in lowland and hill forests of the Moluccas, New Guinea, and Bismarck Archipelago. Frugivore of large forest fruits. Impressive size makes it one of the largest cuckoo-doves. Least Concern.

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