Black-backed Fruit-dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Ptilinopus cinctus verglichen mit Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Black-backed Fruit-dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ptilinopus cinctus Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 31,6 cm (12.4 in)
Gewicht 510,0 g (17.99 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Black-backed Fruit-dove only

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Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Black-backed Fruit-dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Black-backed Fruit-dove

Black-backed Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus cinctus), 30 cm. Striking with a glossy black mantle, white head and rose-pink breast band. Inhabits monsoon forest and savanna woodland of northern Australia and eastern Indonesia. Frugivore. Least Concern; roosts communally and undertakes seasonal movements.

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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