Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Long-tailed Ground Dove

Ptilinopus mercierii comparado con Uropelia campestris

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Red-moustached Fruit-dove Long-tailed Ground Dove
Nombre científico Ptilinopus mercierii Uropelia campestris
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Extinct Least Concern
Longitud — —
Envergadura — 13,0 cm (5.1 in)
Peso — 35,2 g (1.24 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta -- --
Population Trend — —

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Long-tailed Ground Dove only

Song & Call Comparison

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Long-tailed Ground Dove

Canto

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes typical of Pallid dove dry open terrain. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Estado de conservación

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Long-tailed Ground 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.

Long-tailed Ground Dove

Distinctive small dove, 17–21 cm, with sandy-brown plumage, a bold black and rufous wing patch, and a notably long, graduated tail. Found in open cerrado savanna and grasslands of central Brazil and adjacent Bolivia and Paraguay. Granivore of grass seeds. Often perches in open positions on fence posts or low shrubs. Least Concern.

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