Grey-headed Quail-Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Geotrygon caniceps comparado com Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Grey-headed Quail-Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nome científico Geotrygon caniceps Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordem Columbiformes Columbiformes
Família Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservação Vulnerable Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura 29,7 cm (11.7 in)
Peso 201,0 g (7.09 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 1-2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Grey-headed Quail-Dove only

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Nenhum

Song & Call Comparison

Grey-headed Quail-Dove

Canto

Soft, gentle cooing with grey-headed quality; pure warm notes through South American humid forest floor.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Estado de conservação

Vulnerable

Grey-headed Quail-Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Grey-headed Quail-Dove

Plumagem

Grey-headed Quail-Dove: gray head; brown back; pale buff below; bare blue facial skin; rufous-buff flanks; Cuba endemic species

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Grey-headed Quail-Dove

Small quail-dove, 24–27 cm, with a grey head and neck, rufous-brown back, white facial stripe, and pinkish-buff underparts. Inhabits montane and lowland forests of Cuba and the Dominican Republic (Hispaniola). Terrestrial forager of seeds and fruits on the forest floor. Vulnerable due to restricted island ranges 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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