Choiseul Pigeon vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Microgoura meeki 对比 Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Choiseul Pigeon Red-moustached Fruit-dove
学名 Microgoura meeki Ptilinopus mercierii
Columbiformes Columbiformes
Columbidae Columbidae
保护状况 Extinct Extinct
体长
翼展
体重
食性 -- --
产卵数 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Choiseul Pigeon only

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

保护状况

Extinct

Choiseul Pigeon

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Choiseul Pigeon

羽毛

Choiseul Pigeon: extinct; large; brown above; pale below; elaborate crest; bare red facial skin; Solomon islands; extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Choiseul Pigeon

Extinct large ground pigeon, estimated 30–35 cm, with a blue-grey body, bluish crest, red bill, and orange-red legs. Known only from six specimens collected on Choiseul Island in the Solomon Islands in 1904. Never reliably recorded again; extinct by the early 20th century, likely due to introduced predators and intensive hunting.

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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