Little Cuckoo-Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Macropygia ruficeps 对比 Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Little Cuckoo-Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
学名 Macropygia ruficeps Ptilinopus mercierii
Columbiformes Columbiformes
Columbidae Columbidae
保护状况 Least Concern Extinct
体长
翼展 28.2 cm (11.1 in)
体重 82.43333333333334 g (2.91 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 1-2 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Little Cuckoo-Dove only

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Song & Call Comparison

Little Cuckoo-Dove

鸣唱

Soft, gentle cooing; pure warm notes characteristic of Australian dry open habitat. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

保护状况

Least Concern

Little Cuckoo-Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Little Cuckoo-Dove

Small, slender cuckoo-dove, 28–32 cm, rufous with a distinctive rusty-red crown, finely barred upperparts, and a long tail. Found in montane and foothill forests from the eastern Himalayas through Indochina, southern China, and into Sumatra, Borneo, and Java. Frugivore of small berries. 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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