Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Thick-billed Green-pigeon

Ptilinopus mercierii comparado con Treron curvirostra

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Red-moustached Fruit-dove Thick-billed Green-pigeon
Nombre científico Ptilinopus mercierii Treron curvirostra
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Extinct Least Concern
Longitud — —
Envergadura — 27,2 cm (10.7 in)
Peso — 143,16666666666666 g (5.05 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta -- 2
Population Trend — —

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Ninguno

Thick-billed Green-pigeon only

Estado de conservación

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Thick-billed Green-pigeon

How to Tell Them Apart

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Thick-billed Green-pigeon

Plumaje

Thick-billed Green-pigeon: thick heavy bill; bright green; yellow-green below; bare red orbital skin; Southeast Asian forest species

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.

Thick-billed Green-pigeon

Medium green-pigeon, 27–30 cm, named for its notably thick, curved bill adapted for crushing large fig seeds; male has a red bill base and maroon shoulder; female is green. Widespread in lowland and hill forest from the eastern Himalayas through Indochina to Sumatra, Borneo, and the Philippines. Frugivore of hard-seeded figs. Least Concern.

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