White-naped Pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Columba albinucha в сравнении с Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика White-naped Pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Научное название Columba albinucha Ptilinopus mercierii
Отряд Columbiformes Columbiformes
Семейство Columbidae Columbidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Extinct
Длина
Размах крыльев 36,6 cm (14.4 in)
Масса 302,5 g (10.67 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

White-naped Pigeon only

Нет

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Нет

Song & Call Comparison

White-naped Pigeon

Пение

Deep, resonant cooing; rich notes with carrying quality through dense South Asian humid forest. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Охранный статус

Least Concern

White-naped Pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

White-naped Pigeon

Оперение

White-naped Pigeon: white nape patch; dark glossy above; pale below; Central African rainforest; white nape patch diagnostic

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

White-naped Pigeon

White-naped Pigeon (Columba albinucha) — 36–40 cm. Slaty-grey with a distinctive white hindneck patch; yellow-orange bill. Inhabits montane forest of Central Africa (Albertine Rift, Cameroon). Frugivore. A poorly known forest pigeon of high-altitude African forests.

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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