Black-banded Fruit-dove vs Felsentaube

Ptilinopus alligator verglichen mit Columba livia

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Black-banded Fruit-dove Felsentaube
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ptilinopus alligator Columba livia
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge 33,0 cm (13.0 in)
Flügelspannweite 37,3 cm (14.7 in) 68,0 cm (26.8 in)
Gewicht 228,0 g (8.04 oz) 300,0 g (10.58 oz)
Ernährung -- Seeds, grain, fruit, and human food scraps. Primarily a ground feeder. Feral birds are heavily …
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Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Black-banded Fruit-dove
Felsentaube 33,0 cm
Flügelspannweite
Black-banded Fruit-dove 37,3 cm
Felsentaube 68,0 cm
Gewicht
Black-banded Fruit-dove 228,0 g
Felsentaube 300,0 g

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Felsentaube

Originally cliff-nesting in Mediterranean regions. Now the quintessential urban bird, inhabiting cities worldwide on every continent.

Song & Call Comparison

Black-banded Fruit-dove

Felsentaube

Gesang

Soft, rhythmic cooing 'roo-c'too-coo' repeated multiple times, with emphasis on second syllable. Male courtship coo is deeper and more persistent. Wing-clapping on takeoff is loud.

Geographic Range & Migration

Black-banded Fruit-dove

Felsentaube

Native to Europe, North Africa, and South Asia. Feral populations on every continent except Antarctica.

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Black-banded Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Felsentaube

How to Tell Them Apart

Black-banded Fruit-dove

Felsentaube

Gefieder

Wild-type has a blue-grey body with iridescent green and purple neck feathers, two black wing bars, and a white rump. Feral populations show enormous color variation.

Schnabel

Slender dark bill with a white fleshy cere at the base

About These Birds

Black-banded Fruit-dove

Black-banded Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus alligator), 28 cm. White head and underparts separated by a bold black breast band; back dark green. Endemic to the Top End of Australia's Northern Territory, where it occupies sandstone gorge woodland. Frugivore. Poorly known; considered Near Threatened by some authorities.

Felsentaube

Die Felsentaube ist die Stammform aller Haustaubenrassen und einer der häufigsten Vögel in Städten weltweit. Tauben dienten dem Menschen als Boten, Nahrungsquelle und Forschungsobjekt – ihre Orientierungsfähigkeit und ihr Sehvermögen wurden ausgiebig erforscht. Darwins Studien zur Taubenzucht trugen wesentlich zu seiner Evolutionstheorie bei.

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