Seram Mountain-pigeon vs White-breasted Ground Dove

Gymnophaps stalkeri compared with Pampusana jobiensis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Seram Mountain-pigeon White-breasted Ground Dove
Scientific Name Gymnophaps stalkeri Pampusana jobiensis
Order Columbiformes Columbiformes
Family Columbidae Columbidae
Conservation Status Least Concern Least Concern
Length
Wingspan 40.4 cm (15.9 in)
Weight 334.0 g (11.78 oz) 139.66666666666666 g (4.93 oz)
Diet -- --
Clutch Size 1 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Shared Habitats

Seram Mountain-pigeon only

None

White-breasted Ground Dove only

None

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Conservation Status

Least Concern

Seram Mountain-pigeon

Least Concern

White-breasted Ground Dove

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How to Tell Them Apart

Seram Mountain-pigeon

White-breasted Ground Dove

Plumage

White-breasted Ground Dove: white breast; dark brown above; bare orange facial skin; New Guinea endemic ground dove; white breast

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About These Birds

Seram Mountain-pigeon

Seram Mountain-pigeon (Gymnophaps stalkeri), 35 cm. Similar to Buru Mountain-pigeon; dark grey with rufous-chestnut underparts. Endemic to Seram Island, Maluku, Indonesia. Inhabits montane forest above 900 m. Frugivore. Vulnerable; island endemic dependent on intact highland forest.

White-breasted Ground Dove

Small ground dove, 22–25 cm, with dark brown upperparts, a white breast, and grey flanks. Found on Yapen Island and the Papuan mainland in New Guinea. Inhabits lowland rainforest floor. Granivore and frugivore. Least Concern.

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