Liverpool Pigeon vs Adamawa Turtle-dove

Caloenas maculata comparado con Streptopelia hypopyrrha

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Liverpool Pigeon Adamawa Turtle-dove
Nombre científico Caloenas maculata Streptopelia hypopyrrha
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Extinct Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 34,6 cm (13.6 in)
Peso 161,0 g (5.68 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta -- 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Liverpool Pigeon only

Ninguno

Adamawa Turtle-dove only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

Liverpool Pigeon

Adamawa Turtle-dove

Canto

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

Estado de conservación

Extinct

Liverpool Pigeon

Least Concern

Adamawa Turtle-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Liverpool Pigeon

Plumaje

Liverpool Pigeon: extinct; dark above; pale below; iridescent neck; spotted wings; known only from specimens and paintings

Adamawa Turtle-dove

About These Birds

Liverpool Pigeon

Extinct island pigeon, known from a single specimen in the World Museum Liverpool and a painting. Believed to have inhabited Pacific islands, possibly the Marquesas or Society Islands, based on morphology. Dark grey with white spots. Extinct; likely died out in the 18th or 19th century from hunting and introduced predators.

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.

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