Barred Cuckoo-Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Macropygia unchall verglichen mit Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Barred Cuckoo-Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Macropygia unchall Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 35,0 cm (13.8 in)
Gewicht 165,66666666666666 g (5.84 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1-2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Barred Cuckoo-Dove only

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Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Song & Call Comparison

Barred Cuckoo-Dove

Gesang

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes with mild quality through African dry woodland. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Barred Cuckoo-Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Barred Cuckoo-Dove

Large slender cuckoo-dove, 38–41 cm, with strongly barred rufous and black upperparts, a pale pinkish-buff underside, and a long graduated tail. Inhabits montane and foothill forests from the Himalayas through southern China to Indochina, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. Frugivore of small forest fruits and berries. 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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