Yungas Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Leptotila megalura 对比 Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Yungas Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
学名 Leptotila megalura Ptilinopus mercierii
Columbiformes Columbiformes
Columbidae Columbidae
保护状况 Least Concern Extinct
体长
翼展 30.0 cm (11.8 in)
体重 218.0 g (7.69 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Yungas Dove only

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Song & Call Comparison

Yungas Dove

鸣唱

Soft, gentle cooing with Yungas quality; pure warm notes typical of Andean slope dense humid forest.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

保护状况

Least Concern

Yungas Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Yungas Dove

羽毛

Yungas Dove: brown above; pale gray-white below; long graduated tail; bare facial skin; Bolivian Andean Yungas forest dove

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Yungas Dove

Medium dove, 27–30 cm, brown above with a grey head, pale underparts, and notably long tail with white tips. Inhabits humid foothill and montane forest of the Yungas zone in Bolivia and northwestern Argentina (Tucumán to Jujuy). Terrestrial frugivore and granivore. 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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