Mindanao Bleeding-heart vs Felsentaube

Gallicolumba crinigera verglichen mit Columba livia

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Mindanao Bleeding-heart Felsentaube
Wissenschaftlicher Name Gallicolumba crinigera Columba livia
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Vulnerable Least Concern
Länge 33,0 cm (13.0 in)
Flügelspannweite 30,0 cm (11.8 in) 68,0 cm (26.8 in)
Gewicht 192,5 g (6.79 oz) 300,0 g (10.58 oz)
Ernährung -- Seeds, grain, fruit, and human food scraps. Primarily a ground feeder. Feral birds are heavily …
Gelegegröße 1 2
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Mindanao Bleeding-heart
Felsentaube 33,0 cm
Flügelspannweite
Mindanao Bleeding-heart 30,0 cm
Felsentaube 68,0 cm
Gewicht
Mindanao Bleeding-heart 192,5 g
Felsentaube 300,0 g
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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Mindanao Bleeding-heart only

Felsentaube only

Felsentaube

Originally cliff-nesting in Mediterranean regions. Now the quintessential urban bird, inhabiting cities worldwide on every continent.

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Song & Call Comparison

Mindanao Bleeding-heart

Felsentaube

Gesang

Soft, rhythmic cooing 'roo-c'too-coo' repeated multiple times, with emphasis on second syllable. Male courtship coo is deeper and more persistent. Wing-clapping on takeoff is loud.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Mindanao Bleeding-heart

Felsentaube

Native to Europe, North Africa, and South Asia. Feral populations on every continent except Antarctica.

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Erhaltungsstatus

Vulnerable

Mindanao Bleeding-heart

Least Concern

Felsentaube

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How to Tell Them Apart

Mindanao Bleeding-heart

Gefieder

Mindanao Bleeding-heart: white below with pink-red breast spot; dark brown above; bare facial skin; Mindanao endemic; vulnerable

Felsentaube

Gefieder

Wild-type has a blue-grey body with iridescent green and purple neck feathers, two black wing bars, and a white rump. Feral populations show enormous color variation.

Schnabel

Slender dark bill with a white fleshy cere at the base

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About These Birds

Mindanao Bleeding-heart

Medium ground dove, 25–30 cm, with brown upperparts, a blood-red breast patch, and a distinctive crest of long dark hackles on the hindneck. Endemic to Mindanao and adjacent Philippine islands. Inhabits primary lowland and hill forest floor. Terrestrial frugivore and granivore. Vulnerable due to ongoing deforestation.

Felsentaube

Die Felsentaube ist die Stammform aller Haustaubenrassen und einer der häufigsten Vögel in Städten weltweit. Tauben dienten dem Menschen als Boten, Nahrungsquelle und Forschungsobjekt – ihre Orientierungsfähigkeit und ihr Sehvermögen wurden ausgiebig erforscht. Darwins Studien zur Taubenzucht trugen wesentlich zu seiner Evolutionstheorie bei.

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