Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Pin-tailed Green-pigeon

Ptilinopus mercierii verglichen mit Treron apicauda

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Red-moustached Fruit-dove Pin-tailed Green-pigeon
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ptilinopus mercierii Treron apicauda
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Extinct Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 32,7 cm (12.9 in)
Gewicht 220,0 g (7.76 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Pin-tailed Green-pigeon only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Pin-tailed Green-pigeon

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.

Pin-tailed Green-pigeon

Pin-tailed Green-pigeon (Treron apicauda), 42 cm including elongated central tail feathers. Bright apple-green with a yellow-green head and a diagnostic elongated pointed tail. Found in subtropical broadleaf forest from the Himalayas through Myanmar to Indochina. Frugivore specialising in figs. Locally common but declining.

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