Shy Ground Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Pampusana stairi comparado com Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Shy Ground Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nome científico Pampusana stairi Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordem Columbiformes Columbiformes
Família Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura
Peso 138,6 g (4.89 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 1-2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Shy Ground Dove only

Nenhum

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Shy Ground Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Shy Ground Dove

Plumagem

Shy Ground Dove: brown above; pale buff below; bare red-orange facial skin; Fiji islands endemic; secretive ground dove

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Shy Ground Dove

Small ground dove, 19–22 cm, with warm brown upperparts, a pale grey head, and whitish underparts. Shy and retiring, inhabiting dense lowland forest on Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga. Terrestrial forager of seeds and small fruits. Vulnerable due to forest loss and introduced predators on Pacific islands.

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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