Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs African Collared-dove

Ptilinopus mercierii comparado con Streptopelia roseogrisea

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Red-moustached Fruit-dove African Collared-dove
Nombre científico Ptilinopus mercierii Streptopelia roseogrisea
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Extinct Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 31,8 cm (12.5 in)
Peso 152,33333333333334 g (5.37 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta -- 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

African Collared-dove only

Song & Call Comparison

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

African Collared-dove

Canto

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes through dense forest in Timor region. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Estado de conservación

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

African Collared-dove

About These Birds

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.

African Collared-dove

Small dove, 26–29 cm, pale pinkish-grey with a black hindneck collar and white tail corners. Native to arid zones of sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia and south to Tanzania. The ancestor of the domesticated Barbary Dove (ring-necked dove). Granivore of grass seeds and small grains in dry savanna, farmland, and desert edge. Least Concern.

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