Shining Imperial-pigeon vs Olive-backed Quail-Dove

Ducula chalconota comparado con Leptotrygon veraguensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Shining Imperial-pigeon Olive-backed Quail-Dove
Nombre científico Ducula chalconota Leptotrygon veraguensis
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 42,4 cm (16.7 in) 26,4 cm (10.4 in)
Peso 553,5 g (19.52 oz) 152,5 g (5.38 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta -- 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Shining Imperial-pigeon only

Ninguno

Olive-backed Quail-Dove only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Olive-backed Quail-Dove

Canto

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes typical of Andean highland terrain habitat. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Least Concern

Olive-backed Quail-Dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Olive-backed Quail-Dove

Plumaje

Olive-backed Quail-Dove: olive-brown back; pale buff below; white supercilium; bare blue facial skin; Central American forest dove

About These Birds

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.

Olive-backed Quail-Dove

Small quail-dove, 23–26 cm, with olive-brown upperparts, a white facial stripe, and buff-white underparts with rufous-washed flanks. Inhabits dense humid lowland and foothill forest from southern Nicaragua and Costa Rica to Ecuador and northern Venezuela. Terrestrial forager. Least Concern.

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