Red-moustached Fruit-dove vs Blue-headed Wood-dove

Ptilinopus mercierii 对比 Turtur brehmeri

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Red-moustached Fruit-dove Blue-headed Wood-dove
学名 Ptilinopus mercierii Turtur brehmeri
Columbiformes Columbiformes
Columbidae Columbidae
保护状况 Extinct Least Concern
体长
翼展 25.3 cm (10.0 in)
体重 121.2 g (4.28 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 -- 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Red-moustached Fruit-dove only

Blue-headed Wood-dove only

Song & Call Comparison

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Blue-headed Wood-dove

鸣唱

Soft, gentle cooing with blue-headed resonance; pure warm notes through dense humid tropical forest.

保护状况

Extinct

Red-moustached Fruit-dove

Least Concern

Blue-headed Wood-dove

About These Birds

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.

Blue-headed Wood-dove

Small dove, 22–25 cm, rich rufous-brown with a blue-grey head, two small iridescent wing spots, and rose-pink breast. Confined to lowland rainforests of West and Central Africa from Guinea to the DRC. Terrestrial granivore of seeds on the forest floor. Least Concern.

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