Bonin Woodpigeon vs Shining Imperial-pigeon

Columba versicolor से तुलना Ducula chalconota

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Bonin Woodpigeon Shining Imperial-pigeon
वैज्ञानिक नाम Columba versicolor Ducula chalconota
गण Columbiformes Columbiformes
कुल Columbidae Columbidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Extinct Least Concern
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 42.4 cm (16.7 in)
वजन 553.5 g (19.52 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Bonin Woodpigeon only

कोई नहीं

Shining Imperial-pigeon only

कोई नहीं

Song & Call Comparison

Bonin Woodpigeon

गीत

Deep, mournful cooing with hollow quality; slow resonant notes of Bonin woodpigeon once echoing through forest.

Shining Imperial-pigeon

संरक्षण स्थिति

Extinct

Bonin Woodpigeon

Least Concern

Shining Imperial-pigeon

How to Tell Them Apart

Bonin Woodpigeon

पंख

Bonin Woodpigeon: extinct; dark above; iridescent neck gloss; pale below; Bonin islands; known from specimens only; lost species

Shining Imperial-pigeon

About These Birds

Bonin Woodpigeon

Bonin Woodpigeon (Columba versicolor) — ~45 cm. Extinct. Inhabited Nakodo-jima and Chichi-jima in the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands, Japan. Dark iridescent plumage; last recorded in 1889. Driven to extinction by hunting and habitat clearance following colonisation of the islands.

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Shining Imperial-pigeon (Ducula chalconota), 38 cm. Richly iridescent bronze-green upperparts with a contrasting pale grey head and underparts. Found in montane forest of New Guinea from 700 to 2,200 m. Frugivore. Least Concern; common in hill and montane forest.

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