Blue Ground Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Claravis pretiosa 비교 대상 Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Blue Ground Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
학명 Claravis pretiosa Ptilinopus mercierii
Columbiformes Columbiformes
Columbidae Columbidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Extinct
체장
날개 폭 22.2 cm (8.7 in)
체중 73.75 g (2.60 oz)
식성 -- --
산란 수 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Blue Ground Dove only

없음

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

없음

Song & Call Comparison

Blue Ground Dove

노래

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes typical of tropical American dry scrub. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

보전 상태

Least Concern

Blue Ground Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Blue Ground Dove

Small dove, 18–21 cm; male is pale blue-grey with dark wing spots; female is warm brown with purple-chestnut wing bars. Inhabits forest edge, secondary growth, and thickets from Mexico to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil, with a preference for bamboo-seeding events. Granivore of bamboo seeds. Nomadic following bamboo flowering cycles. Least Concern.

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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