Tooth-billed Pigeon vs Pohnpei Fruit-dove

Didunculus strigirostris verglichen mit Ptilinopus ponapensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Tooth-billed Pigeon Pohnpei Fruit-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Didunculus strigirostris Ptilinopus ponapensis
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Critically Endangered Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 37,6 cm (14.8 in) 25,4 cm (10.0 in)
Gewicht 400,0 g (14.11 oz) 105,0 g (3.70 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Tooth-billed Pigeon only

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Pohnpei Fruit-dove only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Critically Endangered

Tooth-billed Pigeon

Least Concern

Pohnpei Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Tooth-billed Pigeon

Gefieder

Tooth-billed Pigeon: dark chestnut; glossy neck; pale below; hooked tooth-like bill; Samoa endemic; critically endangered unique pigeon

Pohnpei Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Tooth-billed Pigeon

Unusual, stocky pigeon, 29–31 cm, with dark green and chestnut-rufous plumage and a uniquely hooked, tooth-like bill unlike any other living pigeon. Endemic to Samoa. Inhabits montane and secondary forest. Feeds on fruits and seeds on the ground and in trees. Endangered due to deforestation and cyclone damage.

Pohnpei Fruit-dove

Pohnpei Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus ponapensis), 22 cm. Green with a lilac head and an orange-yellow breast; endemic to Pohnpei, Micronesia. Occupies primary forest above 200 m on this volcanic island. Frugivore. Vulnerable; total range barely exceeds 100 km².

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