Sombre Pigeon vs African Collared-dove

Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa verglichen mit Streptopelia roseogrisea

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Sombre Pigeon African Collared-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa Streptopelia roseogrisea
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 46,3 cm (18.2 in) 31,8 cm (12.5 in)
Gewicht 467,0 g (16.47 oz) 152,33333333333334 g (5.37 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Sombre Pigeon only

African Collared-dove only

Song & Call Comparison

Sombre Pigeon

African Collared-dove

Gesang

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes through dense forest in Timor region. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Sombre Pigeon

Least Concern

African Collared-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.

African Collared-dove

Small dove, 26–29 cm, pale pinkish-grey with a black hindneck collar and white tail corners. Native to arid zones of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia and south to Tanzania. The ancestor of the domesticated Barbary Dove (ring-necked dove). Granivore of grass seeds and small grains in dry savanna, farmland, and desert edge. Least Concern.

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