Wetar Ground Dove vs African Collared-dove

Pampusana hoedtii verglichen mit Streptopelia roseogrisea

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Wetar Ground Dove African Collared-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Pampusana hoedtii Streptopelia roseogrisea
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Endangered Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 31,8 cm (12.5 in)
Gewicht 158,5 g (5.59 oz) 152,33333333333334 g (5.37 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Wetar Ground Dove only

African Collared-dove only

Song & Call Comparison

Wetar Ground Dove

African Collared-dove

Gesang

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes through dense forest in Timor region. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Erhaltungsstatus

Endangered

Wetar Ground Dove

Least Concern

African Collared-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Wetar Ground Dove

Gefieder

Wetar Ground Dove: brown above; rufous-buff below; bare facial skin; Wetar island endemic; endangered; little-known ground dove

African Collared-dove

About These Birds

Wetar Ground Dove

Small ground dove, 21–24 cm, with dark brown upperparts, a grey head, and pale buff-white underparts. Confined to Wetar Island in the Lesser Sunda Islands, eastern Indonesia. Inhabits forest and forest edge on the island. Terrestrial frugivore. Vulnerable due to very small range and deforestation.

African Collared-dove

Small dove, 26–29 cm, pale pinkish-grey with a black hindneck collar and white tail corners. Native to arid zones of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia and south to Tanzania. The ancestor of the domesticated Barbary Dove (ring-necked dove). Granivore of grass seeds and small grains in dry savanna, farmland, and desert edge. Least Concern.

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