Flock Bronzewing vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Phaps histrionica comparado con Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Flock Bronzewing Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nombre científico Phaps histrionica Ptilinopus mercierii
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Extinct
Longitud — —
Envergadura 39,3 cm (15.5 in) —
Peso 286,1666666666667 g (10.09 oz) —
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 2 --
Population Trend — —

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Flock Bronzewing only

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Song & Call Comparison

Flock Bronzewing

Canto

Loud, whistling wing-produced sound during flight; high-pitched winnowing call unique to flock bronzewing.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Flock Bronzewing

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Flock Bronzewing

Medium pigeon, 28–30 cm, distinctively patterned in black, white, and chestnut on the head and neck with plain brown upperparts. Highly nomadic, forming large flocks on arid grasslands and Mitchell grass plains of inland Australia. Granivore of grass seeds. Population fluctuates with rainfall. 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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