Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Purplish-backed Quail-Dove

Ptilinopus mercierii comparado com Zentrygon lawrencii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Red-moustached Fruit-dove Purplish-backed Quail-Dove
Nome científico Ptilinopus mercierii Zentrygon lawrencii
Ordem Columbiformes Columbiformes
Família Columbidae Columbidae
Estado de conservação Extinct Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 27,5 cm (10.8 in)
Peso 220,0 g (7.76 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura -- 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Nenhum

Purplish-backed Quail-Dove only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Purplish-backed Quail-Dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Purplish-backed Quail-Dove

Plumagem

Purplish-backed Quail-Dove: purplish iridescent back; dark brown above; pale buff below; bare blue-gray facial skin; Central America

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.

Purplish-backed Quail-Dove

Medium quail-dove, 24–28 cm, with purplish-brown iridescent upperparts, a white facial stripe, grey head, and pale underparts. Inhabits humid montane and submontane forest in Costa Rica, Panama, and western Colombia. Terrestrial granivore and frugivore. Least Concern.

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