Liverpool Pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Caloenas maculata в сравнении с Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Liverpool Pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Научное название Caloenas maculata Ptilinopus mercierii
Отряд Columbiformes Columbiformes
Семейство Columbidae Columbidae
Охранный статус Extinct Extinct
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Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Liverpool Pigeon only

Нет

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Нет

Охранный статус

Extinct

Liverpool Pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Liverpool Pigeon

Оперение

Liverpool Pigeon: extinct; dark above; pale below; iridescent neck; spotted wings; known only from specimens and paintings

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Liverpool Pigeon

Extinct island pigeon, known from a single specimen in the World Museum Liverpool and a painting. Believed to have inhabited Pacific islands, possibly the Marquesas or Society Islands, based on morphology. Dark grey with white spots. Extinct; likely died out in the 18th or 19th century from hunting and introduced predators.

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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