Blue-eyed Ground Dove vs Shining Imperial-pigeon

Columbina cyanopis verglichen mit Ducula chalconota

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Blue-eyed Ground Dove Shining Imperial-pigeon
Wissenschaftlicher Name Columbina cyanopis Ducula chalconota
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Critically Endangered Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 13,5 cm (5.3 in) 42,4 cm (16.7 in)
Gewicht 45,6 g (1.61 oz) 553,5 g (19.52 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Blue-eyed Ground Dove only

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Shining Imperial-pigeon only

Song & Call Comparison

Blue-eyed Ground Dove

Gesang

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes with pale quality through dry open terrain. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Erhaltungsstatus

Critically Endangered

Blue-eyed Ground Dove

Least Concern

Shining Imperial-pigeon

About These Birds

Blue-eyed Ground Dove

Tiny dove, 14–17 cm, brown with a distinctive pale blue iris. Formerly known from cerrado grasslands of central Brazil (Mato Grosso and Goiás); nearly extinct due to agricultural conversion of cerrado. Critically Endangered (possibly Extinct); fewer than ten confirmed records since 1941.

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Shining Imperial-pigeon (Ducula chalconota), 38 cm. Richly iridescent bronze-green upperparts with a contrasting pale grey head and underparts. Found in montane forest of New Guinea from 700 to 2,200 m. Frugivore. Least Concern; common in hill and montane forest.

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