Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs African Green-pigeon

Ptilinopus mercierii verglichen mit Treron calvus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Red-moustached Fruit-dove African Green-pigeon
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ptilinopus mercierii Treron calvus
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Extinct Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 32,1 cm (12.6 in)
Gewicht 208,8 g (7.37 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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African Green-pigeon only

Erhaltungsstatus

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

African Green-pigeon

How to Tell Them Apart

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

African Green-pigeon

Gefieder

African Green-pigeon: bright grass-green body; yellow-green underparts; red orbital skin; red bill; common sub-Saharan African species

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.

African Green-pigeon

Medium green-pigeon, 27–30 cm, bright green with a yellow-green head, yellowish underparts, and orange orbital skin (hence 'calvus' = bald). Widespread across sub-Saharan Africa from Senegambia to Ethiopia and south to KwaZulu-Natal, in woodland, savanna forest, and gardens. Frugivore of figs and wild berries. Least Concern.

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