White-breasted Ground Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Pampusana jobiensis verglichen mit Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal White-breasted Ground Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Pampusana jobiensis Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite
Gewicht 139,66666666666666 g (4.93 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

White-breasted Ground Dove only

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Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

White-breasted Ground Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

White-breasted Ground Dove

Gefieder

White-breasted Ground Dove: white breast; dark brown above; bare orange facial skin; New Guinea endemic ground dove; white breast

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

White-breasted Ground Dove

Small ground dove, 22–25 cm, with dark brown upperparts, a white breast, and grey flanks. Found on Yapen Island and the Papuan mainland in New Guinea. Inhabits lowland rainforest floor. Granivore and frugivore. 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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