Tooth-billed Pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Didunculus strigirostris в сравнении с Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Tooth-billed Pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Научное название Didunculus strigirostris Ptilinopus mercierii
Отряд Columbiformes Columbiformes
Семейство Columbidae Columbidae
Охранный статус Critically Endangered Extinct
Длина
Размах крыльев 37,6 cm (14.8 in)
Масса 400,0 g (14.11 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Tooth-billed Pigeon only

Нет

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Нет

Охранный статус

Critically Endangered

Tooth-billed Pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Tooth-billed Pigeon

Оперение

Tooth-billed Pigeon: dark chestnut; glossy neck; pale below; hooked tooth-like bill; Samoa endemic; critically endangered unique pigeon

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Tooth-billed Pigeon

Unusual, stocky pigeon, 29–31 cm, with dark green and chestnut-rufous plumage and a uniquely hooked, tooth-like bill unlike any other living pigeon. Endemic to Samoa. Inhabits montane and secondary forest. Feeds on fruits and seeds on the ground and in trees. Endangered due to deforestation and cyclone damage.

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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