Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Macropygia doreya comparado con Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nombre científico Macropygia doreya Ptilinopus mercierii
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Not Evaluated Extinct
Longitud
Envergadura
Peso 143,0 g (5.04 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove only

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove

Canto

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

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Estado de conservación

Not Evaluated

Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove

Large slender cuckoo-dove, 38–42 cm, rufous-brown with black-barred upperparts and a distinctive cinnamon-rufous head and breast. Inhabits lowland and hill forest on the western Papuan islands, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago. Frugivore of small fruits and berries in forest canopy. 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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