Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Orange-breasted Green-pigeon

Ptilinopus mercierii comparé à Treron bicinctus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut Red-moustached Fruit-dove Orange-breasted Green-pigeon
Nom scientifique Ptilinopus mercierii Treron bicinctus
Ordre Columbiformes Columbiformes
Famille Columbidae Columbidae
Statut de conservation Extinct Least Concern
Longueur
Envergure 31,2 cm (12.3 in)
Poids 174,5 g (6.16 oz)
Régime alimentaire -- --
Taille de la couvée -- 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Aucun(e)

Orange-breasted Green-pigeon only

Statut de conservation

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Orange-breasted Green-pigeon

How to Tell Them Apart

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Orange-breasted Green-pigeon

Plumage

Orange-breasted Green-pigeon: males with orange breast and belly; green back and wings; bare red-yellow orbital skin; dimorphic

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.

Orange-breasted Green-pigeon

Medium green-pigeon, 27–30 cm; male has an orange breast and a lilac-purple neck band bounded by yellow, with green upperparts; female is plainer green. Found in dry and moist deciduous forest from India and Sri Lanka to Myanmar, Thailand, and Indochina. Frugivore of figs and berries. Least Concern.

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