Yungas Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Leptotila megalura comparé à Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut Yungas Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nom scientifique Leptotila megalura Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordre Columbiformes Columbiformes
Famille Columbidae Columbidae
Statut de conservation Least Concern Extinct
Longueur
Envergure 30,0 cm (11.8 in)
Poids 218,0 g (7.69 oz)
Régime alimentaire -- --
Taille de la couvée 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

Yungas Dove only

Aucun(e)

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Aucun(e)

Song & Call Comparison

Yungas Dove

Chant

Soft, gentle cooing with Yungas quality; pure warm notes typical of Andean slope dense humid forest.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Statut de conservation

Least Concern

Yungas Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Yungas Dove

Plumage

Yungas Dove: brown above; pale gray-white below; long graduated tail; bare facial skin; Bolivian Andean Yungas forest dove

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Yungas Dove

Medium dove, 27–30 cm, brown above with a grey head, pale underparts, and notably long tail with white tips. Inhabits humid foothill and montane forest of the Yungas zone in Bolivia and northwestern Argentina (Tucumán to Jujuy). Terrestrial frugivore and granivore. Least Concern.

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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