Ruddy Ground Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Columbina talpacoti verglichen mit Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Ruddy Ground Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Columbina talpacoti Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge — —
Flügelspannweite 17,4 cm (6.9 in) —
Gewicht 46,166666666666664 g (1.63 oz) —
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1-3 --
Population Trend — —

Habitat Comparison

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Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Song & Call Comparison

Ruddy Ground Dove

Gesang

Soft, gentle cooing with ruddy warmth; pure notes typical of neotropical lowland open scrub terrain.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Ruddy Ground Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Ruddy Ground Dove

Small dove, 16–19 cm; male is bright ruddy-orange below with a grey crown and dark-spotted wings; female is duller brown. One of the commonest doves in South America, found in open areas, farmland, and urban gardens from Mexico to Argentina. Granivore of seeds and grain. Least Concern.

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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