Scheepmaker's Crowned-pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Goura scheepmakeri verglichen mit Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Scheepmaker's Crowned-pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Goura scheepmakeri Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Vulnerable Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 70,9 cm (27.9 in)
Gewicht 2120,0 g (74.78 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Scheepmaker's Crowned-pigeon only

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Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Vulnerable

Scheepmaker's Crowned-pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Scheepmaker's Crowned-pigeon

Gefieder

Scheepmaker's Crowned-pigeon: massive; blue-gray; elaborate maroon-tipped blue crest; bare red facial skin; New Guinea species

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Scheepmaker's Crowned-pigeon

Large crowned-pigeon, 66–73 cm, similar to Victoria Crowned-pigeon but with a dark maroon breast and a blue-lace crest lacking the white tips of the Victoria species. Inhabits lowland and hill rainforest of southern New Guinea. Terrestrial frugivore. Vulnerable due to hunting and habitat loss.

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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