Brown-backed Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Leptotila battyi comparado con Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Brown-backed Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nombre científico Leptotila battyi Ptilinopus mercierii
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Vulnerable Extinct
Longitud
Envergadura 27,0 cm (10.6 in)
Peso 161,0 g (5.68 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Brown-backed Dove only

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

Brown-backed Dove

Canto

Soft, gentle cooing with brown-backed quality; warm notes typical of South American tropical forest floor.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Estado de conservación

Vulnerable

Brown-backed Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Brown-backed Dove

Plumaje

Brown-backed Dove: brown back contrasting pale head; pale buff below; bare red orbital skin; Coiba island endemic; brown back

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Brown-backed Dove

Medium dove, 25–28 cm, brown above with a rufous-brown back, grey head, and pale underparts. Confined to Coiba Island and adjacent small islands off western Panama. Inhabits lowland forest. Terrestrial frugivore and granivore. Near Threatened due to the restricted island range.

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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