Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Flores Green-pigeon

Ptilinopus mercierii comparado con Treron floris

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Red-moustached Fruit-dove Flores Green-pigeon
Nombre científico Ptilinopus mercierii Treron floris
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Extinct Vulnerable
Longitud
Envergadura 29,6 cm (11.7 in)
Peso 166,0 g (5.86 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Ninguno

Flores Green-pigeon only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Vulnerable

Flores Green-pigeon

How to Tell Them Apart

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Flores Green-pigeon

Plumaje

Flores Green-pigeon: bright green body; yellow-green below; bare red orbital skin; Flores island endemic; vulnerable status

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.

Flores Green-pigeon

Small-medium green-pigeon, 23–26 cm, entirely green with a yellower breast; male has a small orange-buff breast patch. Restricted to the Lesser Sunda Islands of Flores, Lombok, Sumbawa, and adjacent small islands. Inhabits lowland forest and forest edge. Frugivore of figs and berries. Least Concern.

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