Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Eared Dove

Ptilinopus mercierii verglichen mit Zenaida auriculata

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Red-moustached Fruit-dove Eared Dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ptilinopus mercierii Zenaida auriculata
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Extinct Least Concern
Länge — —
Flügelspannweite — 27,2 cm (10.7 in)
Gewicht — 117,83333333333333 g (4.16 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- 1-3
Population Trend — —

Habitat Comparison

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Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Eared Dove only

Erhaltungsstatus

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Eared Dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Eared Dove

Gefieder

Eared Dove: gray-brown; pale below; black ear spot; iridescent neck gloss; pale belly; common South American dove; ear spot

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.

Eared Dove

Slender dove, 24–27 cm, similar to Mourning Dove with brown plumage, black facial spots, and a pointed tail, but shorter-tailed. Highly abundant across South America from Colombia to southern Argentina and Chile, the Caribbean and Galápagos. Granivore of seeds. One of South America's most numerous doves, forming huge flocks. Least Concern.

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