Western Bronze Ground Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Pampusana beccarii comparé à Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut Western Bronze Ground Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nom scientifique Pampusana beccarii Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordre Columbiformes Columbiformes
Famille Columbidae Columbidae
Statut de conservation Least Concern Extinct
Longueur
Envergure
Poids 78,11666666666666 g (2.76 oz)
Régime alimentaire -- --
Taille de la couvée 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

Western Bronze Ground Dove only

Aucun(e)

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Aucun(e)

Statut de conservation

Least Concern

Western Bronze Ground Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Western Bronze Ground Dove

Plumage

Western Bronze Ground Dove: iridescent bronze-green wing spots; brown above; pale buff below; bare red facial skin; New Guinea

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Western Bronze Ground Dove

Small ground dove, 20–24 cm, with dark brown upperparts, grey head, and pale buff-whitish underparts with bronze-green iridescence on the wings. Restricted to the forested islands of the Papuan region including the Aru Islands and western New Guinea coast. Frugivore. 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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