Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Macropygia amboinensis comparado com Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nome científico Macropygia amboinensis Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordem Columbiformes Columbiformes
Família Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura 34,4 cm (13.5 in)
Peso 174,0 g (6.14 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove only

Nenhum

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Nenhum

Song & Call Comparison

Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove

Canto

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes carrying through African dry woodland habitat. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove

Large slender cuckoo-dove, 37–42 cm, rufous-brown with fine black barring on the upperparts and a long, graduated tail. Widely distributed in forests and forest edges across the Moluccas, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago. Frugivore of small fruits, berries, and seeds. Least Concern.

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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