Shining Imperial-pigeon vs Shy Ground Dove

Ducula chalconota comparado con Pampusana stairi

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Shining Imperial-pigeon Shy Ground Dove
Nombre científico Ducula chalconota Pampusana stairi
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 42,4 cm (16.7 in)
Peso 553,5 g (19.52 oz) 138,6 g (4.89 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta -- 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Shining Imperial-pigeon only

Ninguno

Shy Ground Dove only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Least Concern

Shy Ground Dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Shy Ground Dove

Plumaje

Shy Ground Dove: brown above; pale buff below; bare red-orange facial skin; Fiji islands endemic; secretive 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.

Shy Ground Dove

Small ground dove, 19–22 cm, with warm brown upperparts, a pale grey head, and whitish underparts. Shy and retiring, inhabiting dense lowland forest on Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga. Terrestrial forager of seeds and small fruits. Vulnerable due to forest loss and introduced predators on Pacific islands.

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