Short-billed Pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Patagioenas nigrirostris comparado con Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Short-billed Pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nombre científico Patagioenas nigrirostris Ptilinopus mercierii
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Extinct
Longitud
Envergadura 32,4 cm (12.8 in)
Peso 161,33333333333334 g (5.69 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Short-billed Pigeon only

Ninguno

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

Short-billed Pigeon

Canto

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

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Short-billed Pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Short-billed Pigeon

Medium pigeon, 25–28 cm, plain ruddy brown with a grey crown and a distinctively short dark bill. Found in lowland and foothill humid forests from southern Mexico to western Ecuador. Frugivore of small forest fruits and berries. Often inconspicuous in dense forest understorey. 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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