White-naped Pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Columba albinucha से तुलना Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता White-naped Pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
वैज्ञानिक नाम Columba albinucha Ptilinopus mercierii
गण Columbiformes Columbiformes
कुल Columbidae Columbidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Least Concern Extinct
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 36.6 cm (14.4 in)
वजन 302.5 g (10.67 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

White-naped Pigeon only

कोई नहीं

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

कोई नहीं

Song & Call Comparison

White-naped Pigeon

गीत

Deep, resonant cooing; rich notes with carrying quality through dense South Asian humid forest. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

संरक्षण स्थिति

Least Concern

White-naped Pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

White-naped Pigeon

पंख

White-naped Pigeon: white nape patch; dark glossy above; pale below; Central African rainforest; white nape patch diagnostic

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

White-naped Pigeon

White-naped Pigeon (Columba albinucha) — 36–40 cm. Slaty-grey with a distinctive white hindneck patch; yellow-orange bill. Inhabits montane forest of Central Africa (Albertine Rift, Cameroon). Frugivore. A poorly known forest pigeon of high-altitude African forests.

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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