Scarlet-breasted Fruit-dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Megaloprepia formosa verglichen mit Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Scarlet-breasted Fruit-dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Megaloprepia formosa Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 28,3 cm (11.1 in)
Gewicht 118,5 g (4.18 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Scarlet-breasted Fruit-dove only

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Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Scarlet-breasted Fruit-dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Scarlet-breasted Fruit-dove

Scarlet-breasted Fruit-dove (Megaloprepia formosa), 28 cm. Vivid scarlet breast on a green body; grey head with a yellow bill. Endemic to Sulawesi and the Sula Islands, Indonesia. Inhabits primary lowland rainforest. Frugivore. Vulnerable; threatened by forest loss across Sulawesi.

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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