Golden-spotted Ground Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Metriopelia aymara comparado con Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Golden-spotted Ground Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nombre científico Metriopelia aymara Ptilinopus mercierii
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Extinct
Longitud — —
Envergadura 23,2 cm (9.1 in) —
Peso 64,1 g (2.26 oz) —
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 2 --
Population Trend — —

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Golden-spotted Ground Dove only

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Song & Call Comparison

Golden-spotted Ground Dove

Canto

Soft, gentle cooing with golden quality; delicate warm notes of this Andean golden-spotted dove species.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Golden-spotted Ground Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Golden-spotted Ground Dove

Small dove, 19–22 cm, sandy-brown with distinctive golden-yellow wing spots visible at rest and in flight. Inhabits open high-altitude Andean grassland and rocky slopes in Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina at 3,000–4,500 m. Granivore of seeds. 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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