Germain's Peacock-Pheasant vs Crested Partridge

Polyplectron germaini verglichen mit Rollulus rouloul

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Germain's Peacock-Pheasant Crested Partridge
Wissenschaftlicher Name Polyplectron germaini Rollulus rouloul
Ordnung Galliformes Galliformes
Familie Phasianidae Phasianidae
Erhaltungsstatus Vulnerable Vulnerable
Länge
Flügelspannweite 38,1 cm (15.0 in) 27,2 cm (10.7 in)
Gewicht 453,5 g (16.00 oz) 250,5 g (8.84 oz)
Ernährung Forages in Vietnamese and Cambodian forest for seeds, fruits, invertebrates, and small animals. Forages on floor of Southeast Asian lowland rainforests for seeds, fallen fruits, and invertebrates. Scratches …
Gelegegröße 1-2 4-6
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Song & Call Comparison

Germain's Peacock-Pheasant

Gesang

High, thin 'kweee' whistle repeated during male display; Vietnam endemic with slightly mournful quality. Alarm is a sharp 'kak'. Contact calls between pairs are low soft clucks on forest floor.

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Germain's Peacock-Pheasant

Endemic to southern Vietnam and extreme southern Cambodia; resident of lowland and hill evergreen forest.

Crested Partridge

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

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Erhaltungsstatus

Vulnerable

Germain's Peacock-Pheasant

Vulnerable

Crested Partridge

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How to Tell Them Apart

Germain's Peacock-Pheasant

Gefieder

Male dark brown densely covered in iridescent green ocelli on wings and graduated tail; reddish orbital skin; buff-scaled face. Female similar but ocelli smaller and less iridescent; dark brown overall.

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 …

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About These Birds

Germain's Peacock-Pheasant

A medium-small Phasianidae pheasant (~454 g) of evergreen and semi-evergreen forests in southern Vietnam and adjacent Cambodia. Males are cryptically brown, patterned with violet-green ocelli. Shy and seldom observed; forages on the ground for seeds and invertebrates. Vulnerable from ongoing deforestation.

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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