Raiatea Fruit-dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Ptilinopus chrysogaster verglichen mit Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Raiatea Fruit-dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ptilinopus chrysogaster Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Endangered Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 27,4 cm (10.8 in)
Gewicht 110,0 g (3.88 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Raiatea Fruit-dove only

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Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Endangered

Raiatea Fruit-dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Raiatea Fruit-dove

Raiatea Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus chrysogaster), 21 cm. Green with a golden-yellow belly and a white head; endemic to the Society Islands (Raiatea, Tahaa, Bora Bora). Inhabits dense montane forest. Frugivore. Endangered; threatened by habitat loss and introduced predators.

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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