Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Timor Green-pigeon

Ptilinopus mercierii verglichen mit Treron psittaceus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Red-moustached Fruit-dove Timor Green-pigeon
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ptilinopus mercierii Treron psittaceus
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Extinct Endangered
Länge
Flügelspannweite 33,2 cm (13.1 in)
Gewicht 166,0 g (5.86 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Timor Green-pigeon only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Endangered

Timor Green-pigeon

How to Tell Them Apart

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Timor Green-pigeon

Gefieder

Timor Green-pigeon: bright green; yellow-green below; bare red orbital skin; Timor island endemic green-pigeon; endangered 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.

Timor Green-pigeon

Small-medium green-pigeon, 24–27 cm, with bright parrot-like green plumage and a yellow-tipped bill; male has an orange wash on the upper breast. Endemic to Timor and Wetar in the Lesser Sunda Islands. Inhabits forest and forest edge. Frugivore of figs and berries. Least Concern.

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