Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove vs African Collared-dove

Macropygia amboinensis comparado con Streptopelia roseogrisea

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove African Collared-dove
Nombre científico Macropygia amboinensis Streptopelia roseogrisea
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 34,4 cm (13.5 in) 31,8 cm (12.5 in)
Peso 174,0 g (6.14 oz) 152,33333333333334 g (5.37 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 1 1-2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove only

African Collared-dove only

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Song & Call Comparison

Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove

Canto

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes carrying through African dry woodland habitat. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

African Collared-dove

Canto

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes through dense forest in Timor region. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove

Least Concern

African Collared-dove

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How to Tell Them Apart

Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove

Plumaje

Brown Cuckoo-dove: dark rufous-brown above; buffy-white below; long dark graduated tail; red orbital ring; Australian forest dove

African Collared-dove

Plumaje

Ruddy Cuckoo-dove: rich rufous-brown above; plain buff below; long red-brown tail; red orbital ring; Southeast Asian species

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About These Birds

Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove

Large slender cuckoo-dove, 37–42 cm, rufous-brown with fine black barring on the upperparts and a long, graduated tail. Widely distributed in forests and forest edges across the Moluccas, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago. Frugivore of small fruits, berries, and seeds. Least Concern.

African Collared-dove

Small dove, 26–29 cm, pale pinkish-grey with a black hindneck collar and white tail corners. Native to arid zones of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia and south to Tanzania. The ancestor of the domesticated Barbary Dove (ring-necked dove). Granivore of grass seeds and small grains in dry savanna, farmland, and desert edge. Least Concern.

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