Tooth-billed Pigeon vs Adamawa Turtle-dove

Didunculus strigirostris 比較対象 Streptopelia hypopyrrha

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Tooth-billed Pigeon Adamawa Turtle-dove
学名 Didunculus strigirostris Streptopelia hypopyrrha
Columbiformes Columbiformes
Columbidae Columbidae
保全状況 Critically Endangered Least Concern
体長
翼開長 37.6 cm (14.8 in) 34.6 cm (13.6 in)
体重 400.0 g (14.11 oz) 161.0 g (5.68 oz)
食性 -- --
一腹卵数 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Tooth-billed Pigeon only

None

Adamawa Turtle-dove only

None

Song & Call Comparison

Tooth-billed Pigeon

Adamawa Turtle-dove

さえずり

Soft, gentle cooing with laughing quality; pleasant notes carrying through African dry woodland. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

保全状況

Critically Endangered

Tooth-billed Pigeon

Least Concern

Adamawa Turtle-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Tooth-billed Pigeon

羽毛

Tooth-billed Pigeon: dark chestnut; glossy neck; pale below; hooked tooth-like bill; Samoa endemic; critically endangered unique pigeon

Adamawa Turtle-dove

About These Birds

Tooth-billed Pigeon

Unusual, stocky pigeon, 29–31 cm, with dark green and chestnut-rufous plumage and a uniquely hooked, tooth-like bill unlike any other living pigeon. Endemic to Samoa. Inhabits montane and secondary forest. Feeds on fruits and seeds on the ground and in trees. Endangered due to deforestation and cyclone damage.

Adamawa Turtle-dove

Medium dove, 27–30 cm, with warm rufous-brown upperparts, a black neck collar, and a deep orange-red breast. Endemic to the highland plateaus and montane grasslands of northern Nigeria and Cameroon. Granivore of grass seeds and cultivated grains. Poorly studied and localised range. Least Concern.

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