Tanimbar Cuckoo-Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Macropygia timorlaoensis verglichen mit Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Tanimbar Cuckoo-Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Macropygia timorlaoensis Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 35,2 cm (13.9 in)
Gewicht 237,0 g (8.36 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Tanimbar Cuckoo-Dove only

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Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Song & Call Comparison

Tanimbar Cuckoo-Dove

Gesang

Soft, gentle cooing with mellow warmth; deep resonant notes echoing through dense Australian woodland.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Tanimbar Cuckoo-Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Tanimbar Cuckoo-Dove

Large cuckoo-dove, 38–42 cm, rufous-cinnamon with black-barred upperparts and a long graduated tail. Inhabits forests of the Tanimbar Islands (Yamdena) and Babar in the Banda Sea region of eastern Indonesia. Frugivore of small fruits and seeds. 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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