Purple Quail-Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Geotrygon purpurata verglichen mit Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Purple Quail-Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Geotrygon purpurata Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Endangered Extinct
Länge — —
Flügelspannweite 26,8 cm (10.6 in) —
Gewicht 142,0 g (5.01 oz) —
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- --
Population Trend — —

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Purple Quail-Dove only

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Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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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.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Erhaltungsstatus

Endangered

Purple Quail-Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

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.

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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