Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Buru Green-pigeon

Ptilinopus mercierii verglichen mit Treron aromaticus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Red-moustached Fruit-dove Buru Green-pigeon
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ptilinopus mercierii Treron aromaticus
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Extinct Near Threatened
Länge
Flügelspannweite 31,4 cm (12.4 in)
Gewicht 234,0 g (8.25 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Buru Green-pigeon only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Near Threatened

Buru Green-pigeon

How to Tell Them Apart

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Buru Green-pigeon

Gefieder

Buru Green-pigeon: bright green; yellow-green below; males with orange breast; bare red-yellow orbital skin; Buru island endemic

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.

Buru Green-pigeon

Small-medium green-pigeon, 24–27 cm; male has a violet-tinged head and orange breast wash; female is plain green. Endemic to Buru Island in the Moluccas, eastern Indonesia. Inhabits lowland and hill forest. Frugivore of figs and small berries. Least Concern.

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