Salvadori's Pheasant vs Crested Partridge

Lophura inornata verglichen mit Rollulus rouloul

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Salvadori's Pheasant Crested Partridge
Wissenschaftlicher Name Lophura inornata Rollulus rouloul
Ordnung Galliformes Galliformes
Familie Phasianidae Phasianidae
Erhaltungsstatus Near Threatened Vulnerable
Länge
Flügelspannweite 41,9 cm (16.5 in) 27,2 cm (10.7 in)
Gewicht 685,0 g (24.16 oz) 250,5 g (8.84 oz)
Ernährung Ground forager; takes seeds, fruits, invertebrates, and small animals in Sumatran montane forests. Forages on floor of Southeast Asian lowland rainforests for seeds, fallen fruits, and invertebrates. Scratches …
Gelegegröße 2 4-6
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Salvadori's Pheasant only

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Crested Partridge only

Song & Call Comparison

Salvadori's Pheasant

Gesang

Infrequently recorded 'kak-kak' alarm calls; Sumatran montane endemic. Vocally poorly known. Contact between birds presumably low guttural clucks. Flushed birds produce loud wing clatter.

Crested Partridge

Gesang

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

Salvadori's Pheasant

Endemic to Sumatra; resident of primary and secondary montane forest between 600 and 2,100 m elevation.

Crested Partridge

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

Erhaltungsstatus

Near Threatened

Salvadori's Pheasant

Vulnerable

Crested Partridge

How to Tell Them Apart

Salvadori's Pheasant

Gefieder

Male uniformly dark olive-brown with slight greenish gloss; blue orbital skin; no crest; unadorned appearance relative to other Lophura. Female slightly paler rufous-brown; both sexes lack vivid markings.

Crested Partridge

Gefieder

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

Salvadori's Pheasant

A medium-sized Phasianidae pheasant (~685 g) restricted to montane forests of Sumatra above 1,000 m. Both sexes are sombre dark brown, the male with a finely laced pale pattern. Little studied; forages on seeds and invertebrates on forest floor. Near Threatened from montane forest loss in Sumatra.

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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