Flock Bronzewing vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Phaps histrionica verglichen mit Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Flock Bronzewing Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Phaps histrionica Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge — —
Flügelspannweite 39,3 cm (15.5 in) —
Gewicht 286,1666666666667 g (10.09 oz) —
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2 --
Population Trend — —

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Flock Bronzewing only

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Song & Call Comparison

Flock Bronzewing

Gesang

Loud, whistling wing-produced sound during flight; high-pitched winnowing call unique to flock bronzewing.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Flock Bronzewing

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Flock Bronzewing

Medium pigeon, 28–30 cm, distinctively patterned in black, white, and chestnut on the head and neck with plain brown upperparts. Highly nomadic, forming large flocks on arid grasslands and Mitchell grass plains of inland Australia. Granivore of grass seeds. Population fluctuates with rainfall. 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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