Adamawa Turtle-dove vs Tuxtla Quail-Dove

Streptopelia hypopyrrha verglichen mit Zentrygon carrikeri

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Adamawa Turtle-dove Tuxtla Quail-Dove
Wissenschaftlicher Name Streptopelia hypopyrrha Zentrygon carrikeri
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Endangered
Länge
Flügelspannweite 34,6 cm (13.6 in) 29,3 cm (11.5 in)
Gewicht 161,0 g (5.68 oz) 270,5 g (9.54 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Adamawa Turtle-dove only

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Tuxtla Quail-Dove only

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Song & Call Comparison

Adamawa Turtle-dove

Gesang

Soft, gentle cooing with laughing quality; pleasant notes carrying through African dry woodland. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Tuxtla Quail-Dove

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Adamawa Turtle-dove

Endangered

Tuxtla Quail-Dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Adamawa Turtle-dove

Tuxtla Quail-Dove

Gefieder

Tuxtla Quail-Dove: dark brown above; rufous-buff below; bare blue-gray facial skin; long tail; Tuxtla Mexico endemic; endangered

About These Birds

Adamawa Turtle-dove

Medium dove, 27–30 cm, with warm rufous-brown upperparts, a black neck collar, and a deep orange-red breast. Endemic to the highland plateaus and montane grasslands of northern Nigeria and Cameroon. Granivore of grass seeds and cultivated grains. Poorly studied and localised range. Least Concern.

Tuxtla Quail-Dove

Medium quail-dove, 25–28 cm, with brown upperparts, grey head and neck, rufous breast, and pale facial stripe. Confined to cloud forest and humid montane forest in Veracruz and adjacent Oaxaca, Mexico. Terrestrial forager of seeds and fruits. Endangered due to extreme range restriction and continuous cloud-forest loss.

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