Tooth-billed Pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Didunculus strigirostris comparé à Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut Tooth-billed Pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nom scientifique Didunculus strigirostris Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordre Columbiformes Columbiformes
Famille Columbidae Columbidae
Statut de conservation Critically Endangered Extinct
Longueur
Envergure 37,6 cm (14.8 in)
Poids 400,0 g (14.11 oz)
Régime alimentaire -- --
Taille de la couvée 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

Tooth-billed Pigeon only

Aucun(e)

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Aucun(e)

Statut de conservation

Critically Endangered

Tooth-billed Pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Tooth-billed Pigeon

Plumage

Tooth-billed Pigeon: dark chestnut; glossy neck; pale below; hooked tooth-like bill; Samoa endemic; critically endangered unique pigeon

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Tooth-billed Pigeon

Unusual, stocky pigeon, 29–31 cm, with dark green and chestnut-rufous plumage and a uniquely hooked, tooth-like bill unlike any other living pigeon. Endemic to Samoa. Inhabits montane and secondary forest. Feeds on fruits and seeds on the ground and in trees. Endangered due to deforestation and cyclone damage.

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.

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