Rapa Fruit-dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Ptilinopus huttoni verglichen mit Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Rapa Fruit-dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ptilinopus huttoni Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Critically Endangered Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 32,3 cm (12.7 in)
Gewicht 130,0 g (4.59 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Rapa Fruit-dove only

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Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Critically Endangered

Rapa Fruit-dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Rapa Fruit-dove

Rapa Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus huttoni), 27 cm. Large for the genus; green with a white head and breast and a green-spotted belly. Endemic to Rapa Island, the most remote island of French Polynesia. Inhabits dense montane scrub. Frugivore. Endangered; tiny population on one isolated island.

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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