Scaled Pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Patagioenas speciosa в сравнении с Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Scaled Pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Научное название Patagioenas speciosa Ptilinopus mercierii
Отряд Columbiformes Columbiformes
Семейство Columbidae Columbidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Extinct
Длина
Размах крыльев 36,9 cm (14.5 in)
Масса 279,0 g (9.84 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 1-2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Scaled Pigeon only

Нет

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Нет

Song & Call Comparison

Scaled Pigeon

Пение

Deep, resonant cooing with scaled quality; warm carrying notes echoing through dense neotropical humid forest.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Охранный статус

Least Concern

Scaled Pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Scaled Pigeon

Striking forest pigeon, 30–33 cm, with heavily scalloped black-and-white upperpart feathers creating a bold patterned effect. Inhabits lowland and foothill tropical forests from Mexico through Central America to Bolivia and Brazil. Frugivore of forest fruits and berries. Inconspicuous despite distinctive plumage. Least Concern.

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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