Sulawesi Ground Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Gallicolumba tristigmata verglichen mit Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Sulawesi Ground Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Gallicolumba tristigmata Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 31,9 cm (12.6 in)
Gewicht 275,0 g (9.70 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Sulawesi Ground Dove only

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Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Sulawesi Ground Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Sulawesi Ground Dove

Gefieder

Sulawesi Ground Dove: brown above; yellow-orange orbital skin; pale buff below; orange patch on wing; Sulawesi endemic

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Sulawesi Ground Dove

Large ground dove, 30–35 cm, with brown and grey plumage, a white forehead, and three dark spots on the white breast suggesting a 'triple wound.' Endemic to Sulawesi and adjacent Togian and Banggai Islands. Inhabits lowland and hill forest floor. Granivore and frugivore. Vulnerable due to deforestation.

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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