Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Grey-fronted Green-pigeon

Ptilinopus mercierii verglichen mit Treron affinis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Red-moustached Fruit-dove Grey-fronted Green-pigeon
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ptilinopus mercierii Treron affinis
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Extinct Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 28,8 cm (11.3 in)
Gewicht 234,0 g (8.25 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Grey-fronted Green-pigeon only

Erhaltungsstatus

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Grey-fronted Green-pigeon

How to Tell Them Apart

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Grey-fronted Green-pigeon

Gefieder

Grey-fronted Green-pigeon: gray forehead; bright green body; yellow-green below; bare red orbital skin; South Asian green-pigeon

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.

Grey-fronted Green-pigeon

Medium green-pigeon, 26–29 cm; male has a grey head and a green back with yellow-washed underparts; female entirely green. Found in forest and woodland edges across the Western Ghats and hills of southern India. Frugivore of figs and berries in the forest canopy. Least Concern.

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