Tawitawi Brown-dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Phapitreron cinereiceps comparado com Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Tawitawi Brown-dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Nome científico Phapitreron cinereiceps Ptilinopus mercierii
Ordem Columbiformes Columbiformes
Família Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservação Endangered Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura 26,9 cm (10.6 in)
Peso 145,33333333333334 g (5.13 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Tawitawi Brown-dove only

Nenhum

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Endangered

Tawitawi Brown-dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Tawitawi Brown-dove

Plumagem

Tawitawi Brown-dove: brown above; pale buff below; bare red orbital skin; Tawitawi island Philippine endemic; endangered species

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Tawitawi Brown-dove

Small dove, 21–23 cm, brown overall with a grey crown and iridescent purple neck spots. Endemic to the Tawi-Tawi group in the southernmost Philippines and adjacent small islands. Inhabits lowland forest. Frugivore of small fruits. Vulnerable due to deforestation in the Sulu Archipelago.

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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