Ruddy Quail-Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Geotrygon montana 对比 Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Ruddy Quail-Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
学名 Geotrygon montana Ptilinopus mercierii
Columbiformes Columbiformes
Columbidae Columbidae
保护状况 Least Concern Extinct
体长
翼展 27.3 cm (10.7 in)
体重 125.03333333333335 g (4.41 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Ruddy Quail-Dove only

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Song & Call Comparison

Ruddy Quail-Dove

鸣唱

Soft, gentle cooing with ruddy warmth; pure notes typical of neotropical lowland forest floor habitat.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

保护状况

Least Concern

Ruddy Quail-Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Ruddy Quail-Dove

羽毛

Ruddy Quail-Dove: males rich rufous-brown overall; iridescent purplish-green gloss above; buff below; females browner; neotropical

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Ruddy Quail-Dove

Small quail-dove, 22–27 cm; male has rufous-chestnut upperparts with purple gloss, a grey face stripe, and buff underparts; female is browner. The most widespread New World quail-dove, found in humid forest from Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Bolivia and southern Brazil. Terrestrial frugivore and seed-eater. 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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