Santa Cruz Ground Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Pampusana sanctaecrucis comparado con Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Santa Cruz Ground Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nombre científico Pampusana sanctaecrucis Ptilinopus mercierii
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Endangered Extinct
Longitud
Envergadura
Peso 165,5 g (5.84 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Santa Cruz Ground Dove only

Ninguno

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Endangered

Santa Cruz Ground Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Santa Cruz Ground Dove

Plumaje

Santa Cruz Ground Dove: brown above; pale buff below; bare red orbital skin; Santa Cruz islands endemic; endangered species

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Santa Cruz Ground Dove

Small ground dove, 20–23 cm, with brown upperparts, a grey head, and pale buff underparts. Known from the Santa Cruz Islands (Solomon Islands) and Espíritu Santo (Vanuatu). Inhabits dense lowland forest floor. Terrestrial frugivore. Critically Endangered; very few recent records and significant forest loss throughout its range.

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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