Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Yellow-footed Green-pigeon

Ptilinopus mercierii comparé à Treron phoenicopterus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut Red-moustached Fruit-dove Yellow-footed Green-pigeon
Nom scientifique Ptilinopus mercierii Treron phoenicopterus
Ordre Columbiformes Columbiformes
Famille Columbidae Columbidae
Statut de conservation Extinct Least Concern
Longueur
Envergure 37,6 cm (14.8 in)
Poids 235,66666666666666 g (8.31 oz)
Régime alimentaire -- --
Taille de la couvée -- 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Aucun(e)

Yellow-footed Green-pigeon only

Aucun(e)

Statut de conservation

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Yellow-footed Green-pigeon

How to Tell Them Apart

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Yellow-footed Green-pigeon

Plumage

Yellow-footed Green-pigeon: bright green body; brilliant yellow legs; purple-maroon back; pale yellow-green below; Indian species

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.

Yellow-footed Green-pigeon

Large green-pigeon, 33–35 cm; male has bright yellow wing edges and shoulder patches contrasting with a grey head and green body; female is duller. Widespread across South Asia from Pakistan to southwestern China and Indochina, in deciduous forest, woodland, and farmland. Frugivore of figs and berries. Least Concern.

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