Tooth-billed Pigeon vs Adamawa Turtle-dove

Didunculus strigirostris в сравнении с Streptopelia hypopyrrha

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Tooth-billed Pigeon Adamawa Turtle-dove
Научное название Didunculus strigirostris Streptopelia hypopyrrha
Отряд Columbiformes Columbiformes
Семейство Columbidae Columbidae
Охранный статус Critically Endangered Least Concern
Длина
Размах крыльев 37,6 cm (14.8 in) 34,6 cm (13.6 in)
Масса 400,0 g (14.11 oz) 161,0 g (5.68 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Tooth-billed Pigeon only

Нет

Adamawa Turtle-dove only

Нет

Song & Call Comparison

Tooth-billed Pigeon

Adamawa Turtle-dove

Пение

Soft, gentle cooing with laughing quality; pleasant notes carrying through African dry woodland. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Охранный статус

Critically Endangered

Tooth-billed Pigeon

Least Concern

Adamawa Turtle-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

Adamawa Turtle-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.

Adamawa Turtle-dove

Medium dove, 27–30 cm, with warm rufous-brown upperparts, a black neck collar, and a deep orange-red breast. Endemic to the highland plateaus and montane grasslands of northern Nigeria and Cameroon. Granivore of grass seeds and cultivated grains. Poorly studied and localised range. Least Concern.

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