Green-naped Pheasant-pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Otidiphaps nobilis comparé à Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut Green-naped Pheasant-pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nom scientifique Otidiphaps nobilis Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordre Columbiformes Columbiformes
Famille Columbidae Columbidae
Statut de conservation Least Concern Extinct
Longueur
Envergure 36,4 cm (14.3 in)
Poids 381,5 g (13.46 oz)
Régime alimentaire -- --
Taille de la couvée 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

Green-naped Pheasant-pigeon only

Aucun(e)

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Aucun(e)

Statut de conservation

Least Concern

Green-naped Pheasant-pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Green-naped Pheasant-pigeon

Plumage

Green-naped Pheasant-pigeon: iridescent green nape; dark brown above; rufous-brown below; bare blue facial skin; New Guinea

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Green-naped Pheasant-pigeon

Large, pheasant-like pigeon, 42–46 cm, with iridescent green wings, black body, a white collar, and a distinctive long black tail held upright. Inhabits the floor of lowland and hill rainforest in New Guinea and the Aru Islands. Terrestrial frugivore. Walks through the forest like a small pheasant. 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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