Short-billed Pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Patagioenas nigrirostris verglichen mit Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Short-billed Pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Patagioenas nigrirostris Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 32,4 cm (12.8 in)
Gewicht 161,33333333333334 g (5.69 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Short-billed Pigeon only

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Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Song & Call Comparison

Short-billed Pigeon

Gesang

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes typical of Burmese lowland open woodland. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Short-billed Pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Short-billed Pigeon

Medium pigeon, 25–28 cm, plain ruddy brown with a grey crown and a distinctively short dark bill. Found in lowland and foothill humid forests from southern Mexico to western Ecuador. Frugivore of small forest fruits and berries. Often inconspicuous in dense forest understorey. 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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