Shining Imperial-pigeon vs Wetar Ground Dove

Ducula chalconota comparado com Pampusana hoedtii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Shining Imperial-pigeon Wetar Ground Dove
Nome científico Ducula chalconota Pampusana hoedtii
Ordem Columbiformes Columbiformes
Família Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Endangered
Comprimento
Envergadura 42,4 cm (16.7 in)
Peso 553,5 g (19.52 oz) 158,5 g (5.59 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Shining Imperial-pigeon only

Nenhum

Wetar Ground Dove only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Endangered

Wetar Ground Dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Wetar Ground Dove

Plumagem

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

About These Birds

Shining Imperial-pigeon

Shining Imperial-pigeon (Ducula chalconota), 38 cm. Richly iridescent bronze-green upperparts with a contrasting pale grey head and underparts. Found in montane forest of New Guinea from 700 to 2,200 m. Frugivore. Least Concern; common in hill and montane forest.

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.

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