Shining Imperial-pigeon vs Purple-winged Ground Dove

Ducula chalconota verglichen mit Paraclaravis geoffroyi

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Shining Imperial-pigeon Purple-winged Ground Dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ducula chalconota Paraclaravis geoffroyi
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Critically Endangered
Länge
Flügelspannweite 42,4 cm (16.7 in) 23,6 cm (9.3 in)
Gewicht 553,5 g (19.52 oz) 225,0 g (7.94 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Shining Imperial-pigeon only

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Purple-winged Ground Dove only

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Song & Call Comparison

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Purple-winged Ground Dove

Gesang

Soft, gentle cooing with purple-winged quality; delicate notes of this threatened Brazilian dove species.

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Critically Endangered

Purple-winged Ground Dove

About These Birds

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Shining Imperial-pigeon (Ducula chalconota), 38 cm. Richly iridescent bronze-green upperparts with a contrasting pale grey head and underparts. Found in montane forest of New Guinea from 700 to 2,200 m. Frugivore. Least Concern; common in hill and montane forest.

Purple-winged Ground Dove

Small dove, 18–21 cm; male dark blue with purple wing bars; female brown with rufous wing bars. Tied to Atlantic Forest bamboo in southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. Nomadic, appearing in flocks only during bamboo seeding. Endangered due to extensive Atlantic Forest loss; rarely recorded in recent decades.

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