Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Large Green-pigeon

Ptilinopus mercierii comparé à Treron capellei

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut Red-moustached Fruit-dove Large Green-pigeon
Nom scientifique Ptilinopus mercierii Treron capellei
Ordre Columbiformes Columbiformes
Famille Columbidae Columbidae
Statut de conservation Extinct Vulnerable
Longueur
Envergure 38,8 cm (15.3 in)
Poids 415,0 g (14.64 oz)
Régime alimentaire -- --
Taille de la couvée -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Aucun(e)

Large Green-pigeon only

Aucun(e)

Statut de conservation

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Vulnerable

Large Green-pigeon

How to Tell Them Apart

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Large Green-pigeon

Plumage

Large Green-pigeon: large; bright grass-green; yellow-green below; bare red-orange orbital skin; Southeast Asian; largest 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.

Large Green-pigeon

Large green-pigeon, 35–36 cm, the largest in the genus, with rich green plumage, a large yellow-green bill, and orange-tinged breast in males. Inhabits lowland dipterocarp and peat-swamp forest from southern Thailand and Myanmar through Sumatra, Borneo, and the Malay Peninsula. Frugivore of large forest figs. Vulnerable due to lowland forest loss.

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