Siamese Fireback vs Crested Partridge

Lophura diardi مقارنةً بـ Rollulus rouloul

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Siamese Fireback Crested Partridge
الاسم العلمي Lophura diardi Rollulus rouloul
الرتبة Galliformes Galliformes
الفصيلة Phasianidae Phasianidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Vulnerable
الطول
طول الجناح 46,0 cm (18.1 in) 27,2 cm (10.7 in)
الوزن 1041,6666666666667 g (36.74 oz) 250,5 g (8.84 oz)
النظام الغذائي Omnivorous; eats seeds, fruits, invertebrates, and small vertebrates in SE Asian lowland and foothill forests. Forages on floor of Southeast Asian lowland rainforests for seeds, fallen fruits, and invertebrates. Scratches …
عدد البيض في الوضع 4-8 4-6
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Siamese Fireback only

بلا

Crested Partridge only

Song & Call Comparison

Siamese Fireback

الغناء

Loud 'kraw-KRAW' crowing calls; SE Asian species with nasal, penetrating quality. Alarm is rapid cackle. Males wing-drum in breeding season. Contact calls are guttural low clucks.

Crested Partridge

الغناء

High-pitched, thin whistled 'seee' repeated persistently; metallic and insect-like. Males call from forest floor, rarely seen. Alarm is an explosive low grunt followed by rapid wing beats.

Geographic Range & Migration

Siamese Fireback

Resident of lowland and foothill forest in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam; tolerates secondary forest.

Crested Partridge

Resident in lowland and foothill rainforest of Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo. Found below 1,500 m.

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Siamese Fireback

Vulnerable

Crested Partridge

How to Tell Them Apart

Siamese Fireback

الريش

Male grey-black with intricate white vermiculations on upperparts; crimson lower back; black crest; red facial skin. Female dark brown with black and white shaft streaks; white-tipped tail feathers.

Crested Partridge

الريش

Male is dark glossy green-black with vivid red-crimson erectile crest; red orbital skin; chestnut wings. Female is entirely bright emerald green with brown wings, red legs, and grey head; among …

About These Birds

Siamese Fireback

National bird of Thailand, this Phasianidae pheasant (~1.04 kg) inhabits lowland and foothill forests across Indochina. Males sport grey-laced plumage, a red facial mask, and a yellow-orange rump. Forages on fruits, seeds, and invertebrates. Tolerates secondary forest; currently Least Concern.

Crested Partridge

A small partridge (~250 g) of family Phasianidae, males with vivid crimson crest and iridescent green plumage. Found in lowland tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia including Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo. Forages on the forest floor for fallen seeds, fruits, and invertebrates. Vulnerable; dependent on primary lowland forest, heavily impacted by deforestation and palm oil expansion.

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