Wetar Ground Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Pampusana hoedtii 对比 Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Wetar Ground Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
学名 Pampusana hoedtii Ptilinopus mercierii
Columbiformes Columbiformes
Columbidae Columbidae
保护状况 Endangered Extinct
体长
翼展
体重 158.5 g (5.59 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Wetar Ground Dove only

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

保护状况

Endangered

Wetar Ground Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Wetar Ground Dove

羽毛

Wetar Ground Dove: brown above; rufous-buff below; bare facial skin; Wetar island endemic; endangered; little-known ground dove

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Wetar Ground Dove

Small ground dove, 21–24 cm, with dark brown upperparts, a grey head, and pale buff-white underparts. Confined to Wetar Island in the Lesser Sunda Islands, eastern Indonesia. Inhabits forest and forest edge on the island. Terrestrial frugivore. Vulnerable due to very small range and deforestation.

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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