Brown Cuckoo-Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Macropygia phasianella verglichen mit Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Brown Cuckoo-Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Macropygia phasianella Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 35,2 cm (13.9 in)
Gewicht 211,0 g (7.44 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1-2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Brown Cuckoo-Dove only

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Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Song & Call Comparison

Brown Cuckoo-Dove

Gesang

Soft, gentle trilling whistle; characteristic pure notes carrying across Australian dry open terrain.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Brown Cuckoo-Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Brown Cuckoo-Dove

Large slender cuckoo-dove, 40–43 cm, pale rufous-brown with fine black barring on the upper parts, a pheasant-like tail, and pink-washed underparts. Inhabits rainforest and forest edge from the Moluccas and eastern Indonesia through New Guinea to eastern Australia. Frugivore of small fruits. Least Concern.

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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