Wetar Ground Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Pampusana hoedtii 비교 대상 Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Wetar Ground Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
학명 Pampusana hoedtii Ptilinopus mercierii
Columbiformes Columbiformes
Columbidae Columbidae
보전 상태 Endangered Extinct
체장
날개 폭
체중 158.5 g (5.59 oz)
식성 -- --
산란 수 -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Wetar Ground Dove only

없음

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

없음

보전 상태

Endangered

Wetar Ground Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Wetar Ground Dove

깃털

Wetar Ground Dove: brown above; rufous-buff below; bare facial skin; Wetar island endemic; endangered; little-known ground dove

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Wetar Ground Dove

Small ground dove, 21–24 cm, with dark brown upperparts, a grey head, and pale buff-white underparts. Confined to Wetar Island in the Lesser Sunda Islands, eastern Indonesia. Inhabits forest and forest edge on the island. Terrestrial frugivore. Vulnerable due to very small range and deforestation.

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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