Blue-eyed Ground Dove vs Shining Imperial-pigeon

Columbina cyanopis comparado con Ducula chalconota

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Blue-eyed Ground Dove Shining Imperial-pigeon
Nombre científico Columbina cyanopis Ducula chalconota
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Critically Endangered Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 13,5 cm (5.3 in) 42,4 cm (16.7 in)
Peso 45,6 g (1.61 oz) 553,5 g (19.52 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Blue-eyed Ground Dove only

Ninguno

Shining Imperial-pigeon only

Song & Call Comparison

Blue-eyed Ground Dove

Canto

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes with pale quality through dry open terrain. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Estado de conservación

Critically Endangered

Blue-eyed Ground Dove

Least Concern

Shining Imperial-pigeon

About These Birds

Blue-eyed Ground Dove

Tiny dove, 14–17 cm, brown with a distinctive pale blue iris. Formerly known from cerrado grasslands of central Brazil (Mato Grosso and Goiás); nearly extinct due to agricultural conversion of cerrado. Critically Endangered (possibly Extinct); fewer than ten confirmed records since 1941.

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Shining Imperial-pigeon (Ducula chalconota), 38 cm. Richly iridescent bronze-green upperparts with a contrasting pale grey head and underparts. Found in montane forest of New Guinea from 700 to 2,200 m. Frugivore. Least Concern; common in hill and montane forest.

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