Yellow-legged Pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Columba pallidiceps comparado con Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Yellow-legged Pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nombre científico Columba pallidiceps Ptilinopus mercierii
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Vulnerable Extinct
Longitud
Envergadura 46,4 cm (18.3 in)
Peso 459,0 g (16.19 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Yellow-legged Pigeon only

Ninguno

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

Yellow-legged Pigeon

Canto

Deep, resonant cooing with yellow-legged warmth; low mellow notes audible through dense Pacific island forest.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Estado de conservación

Vulnerable

Yellow-legged Pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Yellow-legged Pigeon

Plumaje

Yellow-legged Pigeon: dark olive-gray above; pale gray below; yellow legs; iridescent neck gloss; Pacific island pigeon; yellow legs

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Yellow-legged Pigeon

Paloma cabeciamari (Columba pallidiceps) — Paloma de los bosques de las Islas Salomón y Bismarck en el Pacífico. Cabeza pálida que contrasta con el cuerpo más oscuro. Poco estudiada y poco conocida.

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.

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