Shining Imperial-pigeon vs Wetar Ground Dove

Ducula chalconota comparado con Pampusana hoedtii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Shining Imperial-pigeon Wetar Ground Dove
Nombre científico Ducula chalconota Pampusana hoedtii
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Endangered
Longitud
Envergadura 42,4 cm (16.7 in)
Peso 553,5 g (19.52 oz) 158,5 g (5.59 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Shining Imperial-pigeon only

Ninguno

Wetar Ground Dove only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Endangered

Wetar Ground Dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Wetar Ground Dove

Plumaje

Wetar Ground Dove: brown above; rufous-buff below; bare facial skin; Wetar island endemic; endangered; little-known ground 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.

Wetar Ground Dove

Small ground dove, 21–24 cm, with dark brown upperparts, a grey head, and pale buff-white underparts. Confined to Wetar Island in the Lesser Sunda Islands, eastern Indonesia. Inhabits forest and forest edge on the island. Terrestrial frugivore. Vulnerable due to very small range and deforestation.

More Birds to Explore

Explore the Nature FYI Family