Santa Cruz Ground Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Pampusana sanctaecrucis в сравнении с Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Santa Cruz Ground Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Научное название Pampusana sanctaecrucis Ptilinopus mercierii
Отряд Columbiformes Columbiformes
Семейство Columbidae Columbidae
Охранный статус Endangered Extinct
Длина
Размах крыльев
Масса 165,5 g (5.84 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Santa Cruz Ground Dove only

Нет

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Нет

Охранный статус

Endangered

Santa Cruz Ground Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Santa Cruz Ground Dove

Оперение

Santa Cruz Ground Dove: brown above; pale buff below; bare red orbital skin; Santa Cruz islands endemic; endangered species

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Santa Cruz Ground Dove

Small ground dove, 20–23 cm, with brown upperparts, a grey head, and pale buff underparts. Known from the Santa Cruz Islands (Solomon Islands) and Espíritu Santo (Vanuatu). Inhabits dense lowland forest floor. Terrestrial frugivore. Critically Endangered; very few recent records and significant forest loss throughout its range.

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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