Flame-breasted Fruit-dove vs Felsentaube

Ramphiculus marchei verglichen mit Columba livia

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Flame-breasted Fruit-dove Felsentaube
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ramphiculus marchei Columba livia
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Vulnerable Least Concern
Länge 33,0 cm (13.0 in)
Flügelspannweite 35,5 cm (14.0 in) 68,0 cm (26.8 in)
Gewicht 326,5 g (11.52 oz) 300,0 g (10.58 oz)
Ernährung -- Seeds, grain, fruit, and human food scraps. Primarily a ground feeder. Feral birds are heavily …
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Flame-breasted Fruit-dove
Felsentaube 33,0 cm
Flügelspannweite
Flame-breasted Fruit-dove 35,5 cm
Felsentaube 68,0 cm
Gewicht
Flame-breasted Fruit-dove 326,5 g
Felsentaube 300,0 g

Habitat Comparison

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Felsentaube

Originally cliff-nesting in Mediterranean regions. Now the quintessential urban bird, inhabiting cities worldwide on every continent.

Song & Call Comparison

Flame-breasted Fruit-dove

Felsentaube

Gesang

Soft, rhythmic cooing 'roo-c'too-coo' repeated multiple times, with emphasis on second syllable. Male courtship coo is deeper and more persistent. Wing-clapping on takeoff is loud.

Geographic Range & Migration

Flame-breasted Fruit-dove

Felsentaube

Native to Europe, North Africa, and South Asia. Feral populations on every continent except Antarctica.

Erhaltungsstatus

Vulnerable

Flame-breasted Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Felsentaube

How to Tell Them Apart

Flame-breasted Fruit-dove

Felsentaube

Gefieder

Wild-type has a blue-grey body with iridescent green and purple neck feathers, two black wing bars, and a white rump. Feral populations show enormous color variation.

Schnabel

Slender dark bill with a white fleshy cere at the base

About These Birds

Flame-breasted Fruit-dove

Flame-breasted Fruit-dove (Ramphiculus marchei), 28 cm. Brilliant orange-red breast contrasts with green upperparts; endemic to the Philippines, found on Luzon and Polillo. Inhabits primary lowland and montane forest up to 1,800 m. Frugivore. Vulnerable due to severe Philippine deforestation.

Felsentaube

Die Felsentaube ist die Stammform aller Haustaubenrassen und einer der häufigsten Vögel in Städten weltweit. Tauben dienten dem Menschen als Boten, Nahrungsquelle und Forschungsobjekt – ihre Orientierungsfähigkeit und ihr Sehvermögen wurden ausgiebig erforscht. Darwins Studien zur Taubenzucht trugen wesentlich zu seiner Evolutionstheorie bei.

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