Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Dodo

Ptilinopus mercierii verglichen mit Raphus cucullatus

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Merkmal Red-moustached Fruit-dove Dodo
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ptilinopus mercierii Raphus cucullatus
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Extinct Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite
Gewicht 18000,0 g (634.93 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Dodo only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Extinct

Dodo

How to Tell Them Apart

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Dodo

Gefieder

Dodo: extinct; large; gray-brown; vestigial wings; pale yellow bill with hook; bare facial skin; Mauritius endemic; icon of extinction

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.

Dodo

Iconic extinct flightless pigeon of Mauritius, ~100 cm and 10–18 kg, with grey plumage, vestigial wings, and a large hooked bill. Fed on fallen fruits; fearless of humans having evolved with no natural predators. Driven extinct by hunting and introduced animals by ~1690 CE; a global symbol of human-caused extinction.

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