Pohnpei Fruit-dove vs Thick-billed Green-pigeon

Ptilinopus ponapensis verglichen mit Treron curvirostra

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Pohnpei Fruit-dove Thick-billed Green-pigeon
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ptilinopus ponapensis Treron curvirostra
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 25,4 cm (10.0 in) 27,2 cm (10.7 in)
Gewicht 105,0 g (3.70 oz) 143,16666666666666 g (5.05 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Pohnpei Fruit-dove only

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Thick-billed Green-pigeon only

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Pohnpei Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Thick-billed Green-pigeon

How to Tell Them Apart

Pohnpei Fruit-dove

Thick-billed Green-pigeon

Gefieder

Thick-billed Green-pigeon: thick heavy bill; bright green; yellow-green below; bare red orbital skin; Southeast Asian forest species

About These Birds

Pohnpei Fruit-dove

Pohnpei Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus ponapensis), 22 cm. Green with a lilac head and an orange-yellow breast; endemic to Pohnpei, Micronesia. Occupies primary forest above 200 m on this volcanic island. Frugivore. Vulnerable; total range barely exceeds 100 km².

Thick-billed Green-pigeon

Medium green-pigeon, 27–30 cm, named for its notably thick, curved bill adapted for crushing large fig seeds; male has a red bill base and maroon shoulder; female is green. Widespread in lowland and hill forest from the eastern Himalayas through Indochina to Sumatra, Borneo, and the Philippines. Frugivore of hard-seeded figs. Least Concern.

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