Sombre Pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa verglichen mit Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Sombre Pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 46,3 cm (18.2 in)
Gewicht 467,0 g (16.47 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Sombre Pigeon only

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Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Sombre Pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Sombre Pigeon

Sombre Pigeon (Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa), 34 cm. Dark smoky-brown to blackish with an iridescent blue-green gloss; endemic to Sulawesi and the Talaud Islands. Inhabits primary montane forest above 1,000 m. Frugivore. Near Threatened; restricted to highland forest in a heavily deforested region.

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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