Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Purplish-backed Quail-Dove

Ptilinopus mercierii 比較対象 Zentrygon lawrencii

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Red-moustached Fruit-dove Purplish-backed Quail-Dove
学名 Ptilinopus mercierii Zentrygon lawrencii
Columbiformes Columbiformes
Columbidae Columbidae
保全状況 Extinct Least Concern
体長
翼開長 27.5 cm (10.8 in)
体重 220.0 g (7.76 oz)
食性 -- --
一腹卵数 -- 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

None

Purplish-backed Quail-Dove only

None

保全状況

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Purplish-backed Quail-Dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Purplish-backed Quail-Dove

羽毛

Purplish-backed Quail-Dove: purplish iridescent back; dark brown above; pale buff below; bare blue-gray facial skin; Central America

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.

Purplish-backed Quail-Dove

Medium quail-dove, 24–28 cm, with purplish-brown iridescent upperparts, a white facial stripe, grey head, and pale underparts. Inhabits humid montane and submontane forest in Costa Rica, Panama, and western Colombia. Terrestrial granivore and frugivore. Least Concern.

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