Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Tuxtla Quail-Dove

Ptilinopus mercierii в сравнении с Zentrygon carrikeri

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Red-moustached Fruit-dove Tuxtla Quail-Dove
Научное название Ptilinopus mercierii Zentrygon carrikeri
Отряд Columbiformes Columbiformes
Семейство Columbidae Columbidae
Охранный статус Extinct Endangered
Длина
Размах крыльев 29,3 cm (11.5 in)
Масса 270,5 g (9.54 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки -- 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Нет

Tuxtla Quail-Dove only

Нет

Охранный статус

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Endangered

Tuxtla Quail-Dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Tuxtla Quail-Dove

Оперение

Tuxtla Quail-Dove: dark brown above; rufous-buff below; bare blue-gray facial skin; long tail; Tuxtla Mexico endemic; endangered

About These Birds

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.

Tuxtla Quail-Dove

Medium quail-dove, 25–28 cm, with brown upperparts, grey head and neck, rufous breast, and pale facial stripe. Confined to cloud forest and humid montane forest in Veracruz and adjacent Oaxaca, Mexico. Terrestrial forager of seeds and fruits. Endangered due to extreme range restriction and continuous cloud-forest loss.

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