White-naped Pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Columba albinucha 비교 대상 Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 White-naped Pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
학명 Columba albinucha Ptilinopus mercierii
Columbiformes Columbiformes
Columbidae Columbidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Extinct
체장
날개 폭 36.6 cm (14.4 in)
체중 302.5 g (10.67 oz)
식성 -- --
산란 수 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

White-naped Pigeon only

없음

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

없음

Song & Call Comparison

White-naped Pigeon

노래

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

보전 상태

Least Concern

White-naped Pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

White-naped Pigeon

깃털

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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