Tanna Ground Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Pampusana ferruginea comparado con Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Tanna Ground Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nombre científico Pampusana ferruginea Ptilinopus mercierii
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Extinct Extinct
Longitud
Envergadura
Peso
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Tanna Ground Dove only

Ninguno

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Extinct

Tanna Ground Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Tanna Ground Dove

Plumaje

Tanna Ground Dove: extinct; brown above; pale below; bare facial skin; Vanuatu Tanna island; extinct through introduced predators

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Tanna Ground Dove

Small ground dove, 19–22 cm, ferruginous-rufous overall with a grey head and pale underparts. Extinct; formerly occurred on Tanna Island in Vanuatu. Last collected in the 19th century; became extinct through hunting and habitat loss following colonial settlement of the island.

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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