White-faced Partridge vs Painted Francolin

Arborophila orientalis مقارنةً بـ Francolinus pictus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة White-faced Partridge Painted Francolin
الاسم العلمي Arborophila orientalis Francolinus pictus
الرتبة Galliformes Galliformes
الفصيلة Phasianidae Phasianidae
حالة الحفاظ Vulnerable Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 28,5 cm (11.2 in) 27,8 cm (10.9 in)
الوزن 310,5 g (10.95 oz) 291,0 g (10.26 oz)
النظام الغذائي Eats seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits on floor of East Javan and Balinese montane forests. … Eats seeds, grain, invertebrates, and plant material; forages in dry grass and scrubby areas of …
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-4 4-8
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

White-faced Partridge only

Painted Francolin only

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Song & Call Comparison

White-faced Partridge

الغناء

Rising 'wheee-oo' whistle with clean, flute-like quality; calls from E Java mountains at dusk and dawn. Alarm produces sharp abrupt chips. Covey contact maintained with low rolling clucks.

Painted Francolin

الغناء

Loud, insistent 'ka-TURR-ka' calls from Indian scrub; similar to Black Francolin but slightly higher and less grating. Alarm is rapid cackling cackle. Males call from termite mound or rock at …

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Geographic Range & Migration

White-faced Partridge

Endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands of eastern Java, Bali, and Lombok. Found in montane and lowland forest.

Painted Francolin

Endemic to India; resident of open scrub, dry grassland, and farmland across most of peninsular India.

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حالة الحفاظ

Vulnerable

White-faced Partridge

Least Concern

Painted Francolin

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How to Tell Them Apart

White-faced Partridge

الريش

Brown above; face and throat strikingly white contrasting with dark crown and neck; breast grey; flanks olive-grey streaked white; bare reddish eye-ring; extensive white on face is immediately distinctive.

Painted Francolin

الريش

Richly patterned; black above with large white spots; rufous-orange face and throat; white-spotted black flanks; rufous-chestnut underparts with black shaft streaks. Female lacks rufous on face; duller below.

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About These Birds

White-faced Partridge

A medium-sized partridge (~310 g) of family Phasianidae, with a distinctive white face and scaly brown upperparts. Found in montane forests of eastern Java and Bali. Inhabits highland broadleaved forest at 800–2,500 m elevation. Forages secretively on the forest floor for seeds and invertebrates. Vulnerable; restricted to a small area of eastern Java and Bali with ongoing deforestation.

Painted Francolin

A small Phasianidae francolin (~291 g) of rocky hillsides, scrub, and dry grassland across peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Both sexes are intricately spotted and streaked in rufous and white. Shy; detected by resonant calls. Feeds on seeds and invertebrates on the ground. Least Concern; common locally.

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