Bonin Woodpigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Columba versicolor comparado com Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Bonin Woodpigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nome científico Columba versicolor Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordem Columbiformes Columbiformes
Família Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservação Extinct Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura
Peso
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Bonin Woodpigeon only

Nenhum

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Nenhum

Song & Call Comparison

Bonin Woodpigeon

Canto

Deep, mournful cooing with hollow quality; slow resonant notes of Bonin woodpigeon once echoing through forest.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Estado de conservação

Extinct

Bonin Woodpigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Bonin Woodpigeon

Plumagem

Bonin Woodpigeon: extinct; dark above; iridescent neck gloss; pale below; Bonin islands; known from specimens only; lost species

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Bonin Woodpigeon

Pomba-das-Bonin (Columba versicolor) — Espécie extinta das Ilhas Bonin (Ogasawara) no Pacífico. O último registro credível data de 1889. Apresentava plumagem escura com lustro iridescente. Extinta provavelmente devido à caça e à introdução de espécies invasoras nas ilhas. Conhecida apenas por alguns espécimes de museu.

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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