Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Palau Fruit-dove

Ptilinopus mercierii verglichen mit Ptilinopus pelewensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Red-moustached Fruit-dove Palau Fruit-dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ptilinopus mercierii Ptilinopus pelewensis
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Extinct Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 25,6 cm (10.1 in)
Gewicht 93,0 g (3.28 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Palau Fruit-dove only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Palau Fruit-dove

About These Birds

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.

Palau Fruit-dove

Palau Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus pelewensis), 20 cm. Green with an orange forehead patch, rose-pink breast and white belly; endemic to Palau. Inhabits primary and secondary forest at all elevations. Frugivore. Least Concern; still common in Palau's well-forested interior.

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