Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Buff-fronted Quail-Dove

Ptilinopus mercierii comparado con Zentrygon costaricensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Red-moustached Fruit-dove Buff-fronted Quail-Dove
Nombre científico Ptilinopus mercierii Zentrygon costaricensis
Orden Columbiformes Columbiformes
Familia Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservación Extinct Least Concern
Longitud — —
Envergadura — 27,8 cm (10.9 in)
Peso — 287,0 g (10.12 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta -- 1
Population Trend — —

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Ninguno

Buff-fronted Quail-Dove only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Buff-fronted Quail-Dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Buff-fronted Quail-Dove

Plumaje

Buff-fronted Quail-Dove: pale buff forehead; dark brown above; rufous-buff below; bare blue-gray orbital skin; Central American

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.

Buff-fronted Quail-Dove

Medium quail-dove, 24–27 cm, with brown upperparts, a buff supercilium, grey crown, and rufous-washed underparts. Inhabits montane cloud forest in Costa Rica and western Panama. Terrestrial forager of seeds and forest fruits. Least Concern.

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