Painted Francolin vs Green Peafowl

Francolinus pictus مقارنةً بـ Pavo muticus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Painted Francolin Green Peafowl
الاسم العلمي Francolinus pictus Pavo muticus
الرتبة Galliformes Galliformes
الفصيلة Phasianidae Phasianidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح 27,8 cm (10.9 in) 93,2 cm (36.7 in)
الوزن 291,0 g (10.26 oz) 2767,5 g (97.62 oz)
النظام الغذائي Eats seeds, grain, invertebrates, and plant material; forages in dry grass and scrubby areas of … Highly omnivorous; eats seeds, grains, berries, invertebrates, small reptiles, and amphibians in SE Asian forest …
عدد البيض في الوضع 4-8 3-6
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Painted Francolin only

بلا

Green Peafowl only

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Song & Call Comparison

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 …

Green Peafowl

الغناء

Loud, trumpeting 'aa-OW' cries; higher and more melodic than Indian Peafowl. SE Asian species with penetrating quality audible 2+ km. Alarm is rapid explosive yelping. Males call at dawn and …

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Geographic Range & Migration

Painted Francolin

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

Green Peafowl

Native to open forest and river valleys in mainland Southeast Asia from Myanmar to Vietnam, and Java; fragments in southern China; declining.

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Painted Francolin

Endangered

Green Peafowl

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How to Tell Them Apart

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.

Green Peafowl

الريش

Dazzling metallic green with bronze and blue iridescence; elongated upper tail coverts with iridescent ocelli forming spectacular train; green-scaled neck and head with erect crest. Female similar but train shorter.

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About These Birds

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.

Green Peafowl

A large, iridescent Phasianidae peafowl (~2.77 kg) of open tropical forests and riverside habitats in Southeast Asia. Males display an extraordinarily long, ocellated upper-tail covert train. More slender and greener than the Indian Peafowl. Diet includes fruits, seeds, insects, and small vertebrates. Endangered from hunting and habitat loss.

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