Wetar Ground Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Pampusana hoedtii comparado com Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Wetar Ground Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nome científico Pampusana hoedtii Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordem Columbiformes Columbiformes
Família Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservação Endangered Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura
Peso 158,5 g (5.59 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Wetar Ground Dove only

Nenhum

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Endangered

Wetar Ground Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Wetar Ground Dove

Plumagem

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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