Purple Quail-Dove vs Seram Mountain-pigeon

Geotrygon purpurata verglichen mit Gymnophaps stalkeri

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Purple Quail-Dove Seram Mountain-pigeon
Wissenschaftlicher Name Geotrygon purpurata Gymnophaps stalkeri
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Endangered Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 26,8 cm (10.6 in) 40,4 cm (15.9 in)
Gewicht 142,0 g (5.01 oz) 334,0 g (11.78 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Song & Call Comparison

Purple Quail-Dove

Gesang

Soft, gentle cooing with purple quality; warm resonant notes through humid Caribbean island forest floor.

Seram Mountain-pigeon

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Erhaltungsstatus

Endangered

Purple Quail-Dove

Least Concern

Seram Mountain-pigeon

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How to Tell Them Apart

Purple Quail-Dove

Gefieder

Grey-fronted Dove: gray forehead; brown above; pale buff-pink below; long tail; bare red orbital skin; South American forest dove

Seram Mountain-pigeon

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About These Birds

Purple Quail-Dove

Small, secretive quail-dove, 25–28 cm, with rich purple-iridescent upperparts, a grey crown, white facial stripe, and pale buff underparts. Inhabits lowland and foothill humid forest from Colombia and Ecuador west of the Andes. Terrestrial granivore on the forest floor. Poorly known. Vulnerable due to ongoing deforestation.

Seram Mountain-pigeon

Seram Mountain-pigeon (Gymnophaps stalkeri), 35 cm. Similar to Buru Mountain-pigeon; dark grey with rufous-chestnut underparts. Endemic to Seram Island, Maluku, Indonesia. Inhabits montane forest above 900 m. Frugivore. Vulnerable; island endemic dependent on intact highland forest.

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