Pied Imperial-pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Ducula bicolor verglichen mit Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Pied Imperial-pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ducula bicolor Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 45,2 cm (17.8 in)
Gewicht 420,0 g (14.82 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1-2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Pied Imperial-pigeon only

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Pied Imperial-pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Pied Imperial-pigeon

Pied Imperial-pigeon (Ducula bicolor), 41 cm. Striking black-and-white: white body with black flight feathers and tail tip. Coastal and island specialist from Myanmar through the Philippines and Indonesia to New Guinea. Frugivore; undertakes mass inter-island movements. 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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