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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut	Papuan Mountain-pigeon	Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nom scientifique	Gymnophaps albertisii	Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordre	Columbiformes	Columbiformes
Famille	Columbidae	Columbidae
Statut de conservation	Least Concern	Extinct
Longueur	—	—
Envergure	40,0 cm (15.7 in)	—
Poids	259,0 g (9.14 oz)	—
Régime alimentaire	--	--
Taille de la couvée	1	--
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

🌲 Forest

Papuan Mountain-pigeon only

Aucun(e)

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Aucun(e)

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Statut de conservation

Least Concern

Papuan Mountain-pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

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About These Birds

Papuan Mountain-pigeon

Papuan Mountain-pigeon (Gymnophaps albertisii), 35 cm. Robust montane pigeon; dark sooty-grey with a chestnut belly. Found in primary montane forest of New Guinea from 1,200 to 3,600 m. Frugivore. Least Concern; common in upper montane and subalpine forest.

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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