Tawitawi Brown-dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Phapitreron cinereiceps verglichen mit Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Tawitawi Brown-dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Phapitreron cinereiceps Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Endangered Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 26,9 cm (10.6 in)
Gewicht 145,33333333333334 g (5.13 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Tawitawi Brown-dove only

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Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Endangered

Tawitawi Brown-dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Tawitawi Brown-dove

Gefieder

Tawitawi Brown-dove: brown above; pale buff below; bare red orbital skin; Tawitawi island Philippine endemic; endangered species

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Tawitawi Brown-dove

Small dove, 21–23 cm, brown overall with a grey crown and iridescent purple neck spots. Endemic to the Tawi-Tawi group in the southernmost Philippines and adjacent small islands. Inhabits lowland forest. Frugivore of small fruits. Vulnerable due to deforestation in the Sulu Archipelago.

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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