Felsentaube vs Orange-breasted Green-pigeon

Columba livia verglichen mit Treron bicinctus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Felsentaube Orange-breasted Green-pigeon
Wissenschaftlicher Name Columba livia Treron bicinctus
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge 33,0 cm (13.0 in)
Flügelspannweite 68,0 cm (26.8 in) 31,2 cm (12.3 in)
Gewicht 300,0 g (10.58 oz) 174,5 g (6.16 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
Felsentaube 33,0 cm
Orange-breasted Green-pigeon
Flügelspannweite
Felsentaube 68,0 cm
Orange-breasted Green-pigeon 31,2 cm
Gewicht
Felsentaube 300,0 g
Orange-breasted Green-pigeon 174,5 g

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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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

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.

Orange-breasted Green-pigeon

Geographic Range & Migration

Felsentaube

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

Orange-breasted Green-pigeon

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Felsentaube

Least Concern

Orange-breasted Green-pigeon

How to Tell Them Apart

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

Orange-breasted Green-pigeon

Gefieder

Orange-breasted Green-pigeon: males with orange breast and belly; green back and wings; bare red-yellow orbital skin; dimorphic

About These Birds

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.

Orange-breasted Green-pigeon

Medium green-pigeon, 27–30 cm; male has an orange breast and a lilac-purple neck band bounded by yellow, with green upperparts; female is plainer green. Found in dry and moist deciduous forest from India and Sri Lanka to Myanmar, Thailand, and Indochina. Frugivore of figs and berries. Least Concern.

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