Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Beautiful Fruit-dove

Ptilinopus mercierii comparado com Ptilinopus pulchellus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Red-moustached Fruit-dove Beautiful Fruit-dove
Nome científico Ptilinopus mercierii Ptilinopus pulchellus
Ordem Columbiformes Columbiformes
Família Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservação Extinct Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 21,1 cm (8.3 in)
Peso 72,0 g (2.54 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura -- 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Nenhum

Beautiful Fruit-dove only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Beautiful Fruit-dove

About These Birds

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.

Beautiful Fruit-dove

Beautiful Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), 19 cm. Among the most vividly coloured: red cap, green back, white breast with a rose-pink breast bar, and yellow belly. Found in lowland forest of western New Guinea. Frugivore. Least Concern; restricted to New Guinea but locally common.

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