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

Ptilinopus mercierii verglichen mit Treron griseicauda

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Red-moustached Fruit-dove Grey-cheeked Green-pigeon
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ptilinopus mercierii Treron griseicauda
Ordnung Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familie Columbidae Columbidae
Erhaltungsstatus Extinct Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 29,1 cm (11.5 in)
Gewicht 166,0 g (5.86 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße -- 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

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Grey-cheeked Green-pigeon only

Erhaltungsstatus

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Grey-cheeked Green-pigeon

How to Tell Them Apart

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Grey-cheeked Green-pigeon

Gefieder

Grey-cheeked Green-pigeon: gray cheeks; bright green; yellow-green below; bare red orbital skin; Southeast Asian species; gray cheeks

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-cheeked Green-pigeon

Small-medium green-pigeon, 25–27 cm; male has a grey head, grey cheeks, and green body with a yellow-green breast; female is green with grey cheeks. Found in lowland and hill forest from Sulawesi through Maluku to the Lesser Sundas and Philippines. Frugivore of figs and small berries. Least Concern.

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