Blue Ground Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Claravis pretiosa so với Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Blue Ground Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
Tên Khoa Học Claravis pretiosa Ptilinopus mercierii
Bộ Columbiformes Columbiformes
Họ Columbidae Columbidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Extinct
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 22,2 cm (8.7 in)
Khối Lượng 73,75 g (2.60 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Blue Ground Dove only

Không

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Không

Song & Call Comparison

Blue Ground Dove

Tiếng Hót

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes typical of tropical American dry scrub. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Blue Ground Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Blue Ground Dove

Small dove, 18–21 cm; male is pale blue-grey with dark wing spots; female is warm brown with purple-chestnut wing bars. Inhabits forest edge, secondary growth, and thickets from Mexico to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil, with a preference for bamboo-seeding events. Granivore of bamboo seeds. Nomadic following bamboo flowering cycles. 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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