Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Grey-fronted Green-pigeon

Ptilinopus mercierii comparé à Treron affinis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut Red-moustached Fruit-dove Grey-fronted Green-pigeon
Nom scientifique Ptilinopus mercierii Treron affinis
Ordre Columbiformes Columbiformes
Famille Columbidae Columbidae
Statut de conservation Extinct Least Concern
Longueur
Envergure 28,8 cm (11.3 in)
Poids 234,0 g (8.25 oz)
Régime alimentaire -- --
Taille de la couvée -- 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Aucun(e)

Grey-fronted Green-pigeon only

Statut de conservation

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Grey-fronted Green-pigeon

How to Tell Them Apart

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Grey-fronted Green-pigeon

Plumage

Grey-fronted Green-pigeon: gray forehead; bright green body; yellow-green below; bare red orbital skin; South Asian green-pigeon

About These Birds

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.

Grey-fronted Green-pigeon

Medium green-pigeon, 26–29 cm; male has a grey head and a green back with yellow-washed underparts; female entirely green. Found in forest and woodland edges across the Western Ghats and hills of southern India. Frugivore of figs and berries in the forest canopy. Least Concern.

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