Negros Bleeding-heart vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Gallicolumba keayi compared with Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Negros Bleeding-heart Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Scientific Name Gallicolumba keayi Ptilinopus mercierii
Order Columbiformes Columbiformes
Family Columbidae Columbidae
Conservation Status Critically Endangered Extinct
Length
Wingspan 27.8 cm (10.9 in)
Weight 190.5 g (6.72 oz)
Diet -- --
Clutch Size 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Shared Habitats

Negros Bleeding-heart only

None

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

None

Conservation Status

Critically Endangered

Negros Bleeding-heart

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Negros Bleeding-heart

Plumage

Negros Bleeding-heart: white below with crimson breast spot; dark brown above; bare facial skin; Negros island endemic; critically endangered

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Negros Bleeding-heart

Medium ground dove, 25–28 cm, with brown upperparts and a distinct reddish breast spot, smaller than in Luzon Bleeding-heart. Endemic to Negros and Panay in the Philippines. Inhibits remnant lowland and hill forest. Critically Endangered; forest cover on Negros is near-exhausted, and the species may number fewer than 250 adults.

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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