Papuan Mountain-pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Gymnophaps albertisii verglichen mit Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Papuan Mountain-pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Gymnophaps albertisii Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge — —
Flügelspannweite 40,0 cm (15.7 in) —
Gewicht 259,0 g (9.14 oz) —
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 --
Population Trend — —

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Papuan Mountain-pigeon only

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Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Papuan Mountain-pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Papuan Mountain-pigeon

Papuan Mountain-pigeon (Gymnophaps albertisii), 35 cm. Robust montane pigeon; dark sooty-grey with a chestnut belly. Found in primary montane forest of New Guinea from 1,200 to 3,600 m. Frugivore. Least Concern; common in upper montane and subalpine forest.

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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