Norfolk Ground Dove vs Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Pampusana norfolkensis 对比 Ptilinopus mercierii

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Norfolk Ground Dove Red-moustached Fruit-dove
学名 Pampusana norfolkensis Ptilinopus mercierii
Columbiformes Columbiformes
Columbidae Columbidae
保护状况 Not Evaluated Extinct
体长
翼展
体重
食性 -- --
产卵数 -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Norfolk Ground Dove only

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

保护状况

Not Evaluated

Norfolk Ground Dove

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

How to Tell Them Apart

Norfolk Ground Dove

羽毛

Norfolk Ground Dove: dark brown above; pale below; bare facial skin; Norfolk island endemic; now extinct; lost island species

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

About These Birds

Norfolk Ground Dove

Small ground dove, 20–23 cm, with dark brown upperparts and pale buff underparts. Extinct; formerly inhabited Norfolk Island in the southwestern Pacific. Last confirmed record in the 1800s; became extinct through hunting and habitat clearance following European settlement.

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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