Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs White-faced Quail-Dove

Ptilinopus mercierii verglichen mit Zentrygon albifacies

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Red-moustached Fruit-dove White-faced Quail-Dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ptilinopus mercierii Zentrygon albifacies
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Extinct Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 28,3 cm (11.1 in)
Gewicht 276,75 g (9.76 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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White-faced Quail-Dove only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

White-faced Quail-Dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

White-faced Quail-Dove

Gefieder

White-faced Quail-Dove: white face; dark brown above; pale buff below; bare blue-gray orbital skin; Central American quail-dove

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.

White-faced Quail-Dove

Medium quail-dove, 25–29 cm, with brown upperparts, a distinctive white face and throat, grey crown, and pale buff underparts. Inhabits humid montane forest from southern Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) to Honduras. Terrestrial forager of seeds and forest fruits. Least Concern.

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