Zoe's Imperial-pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Ducula zoeae compared with Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Zoe's Imperial-pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Scientific Name Ducula zoeae Ptilinopus mercierii
Order Columbiformes Columbiformes
Family Columbidae Columbidae
Conservation Status Least Concern Extinct
Length
Wingspan 44.0 cm (17.3 in)
Weight 580.0 g (20.46 oz)
Diet -- --
Clutch Size -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Shared Habitats

Zoe's Imperial-pigeon only

None

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

None

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Zoe's Imperial-pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Zoe's Imperial-pigeon

Zoe's Imperial-pigeon (Ducula zoeae), 40 cm. Dark metallic green upperparts with banded underparts of orange-rufous and white; grey head with a dark eye-stripe. Found in lowland and foothill forest of New Guinea. Frugivore. Least Concern; common across New Guinea.

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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