Caribbean Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Leptotila jamaicensis comparado con Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Caribbean Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nombre científico Leptotila jamaicensis Ptilinopus mercierii
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Extinct
Longitud
Envergadura 29,4 cm (11.6 in)
Peso 161,18333333333334 g (5.69 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Caribbean Dove only

Ninguno

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Caribbean Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Caribbean Dove

Plumaje

Caribbean Dove: pale gray-brown; iridescent neck gloss; pale pink-buff below; long tail; bare red orbital skin; Caribbean endemic

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Caribbean Dove

Medium dove, 27–30 cm, brown above with a white forehead, pale grey head, and white underparts. Found in dry limestone forest and scrub on Jamaica, Grand Cayman, St. Andrew Island, and Yucatán (Mexico). Terrestrial forager of seeds and fruits. Least Concern.

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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