Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Thick-billed Ground-pigeon

Ptilinopus mercierii comparado com Trugon terrestris

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Red-moustached Fruit-dove Thick-billed Ground-pigeon
Nome científico Ptilinopus mercierii Trugon terrestris
Ordem Columbiformes Columbiformes
Família Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservação Extinct Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 34,7 cm (13.7 in)
Peso 375,75 g (13.25 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura -- 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Nenhum

Thick-billed Ground-pigeon only

Nenhum

Song & Call Comparison

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Thick-billed Ground-pigeon

Canto

Soft, thick-billed cooing with resonant quality; deep warm notes through dense New Guinea lowland forest.

Estado de conservação

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Thick-billed Ground-pigeon

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.

Thick-billed Ground-pigeon

Stout, medium-large ground pigeon, 28–32 cm, with olive-brown upperparts, a thick pale bill, white facial markings, and rufous-barred underparts. Restricted to dense lowland and foothill rainforest of New Guinea. Terrestrial forager of seeds, fallen fruits, and invertebrates on the forest floor. Least Concern.

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