Blauer Pfau vs Clapperton's Spurfowl

Pavo cristatus verglichen mit Pternistis clappertoni

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Blauer Pfau Clapperton's Spurfowl
Wissenschaftlicher Name Pavo cristatus Pternistis clappertoni
Ordnung Galliformes Galliformes
Familie Phasianidae Phasianidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge 195,0 cm (76.8 in)
Flügelspannweite 160,0 cm (63.0 in) 35,3 cm (13.9 in)
Gewicht 5000,0 g (176.37 oz) 471,0 g (16.61 oz)
Ernährung Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Eats seeds, invertebrates, and plant matter in West African savanna, farmland, and dry scrub.
Gelegegröße 3-8 9
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Blauer Pfau 195,0 cm
Clapperton's Spurfowl
Flügelspannweite
Blauer Pfau 160,0 cm
Clapperton's Spurfowl 35,3 cm
Gewicht
Blauer Pfau 5000,0 g
Clapperton's Spurfowl 471,0 g
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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Blauer Pfau only

Clapperton's Spurfowl only

Blauer Pfau

Open forests, farmland, and areas near water in the Indian subcontinent. Highly adaptable and common near human settlements.

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Song & Call Comparison

Blauer Pfau

Gesang

Loud, harsh, repetitive 'may-AWE' screaming call, audible over great distances. Display calls are a mewing 'aaaow'. Peacocks call persistently at dawn and before rain.

Clapperton's Spurfowl

Gesang

Grating, repetitive crowing; harsh 'krrr-krrr' phrases delivered in excited bursts; dawn chorus calls audible over long distances in dry woodland

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Geographic Range & Migration

Blauer Pfau

Indian subcontinent including India, Sri Lanka, and parts of Pakistan and Bangladesh. Feral populations worldwide.

Clapperton's Spurfowl

Resident of open savanna, woodland, and farmland from Senegal east across the Sahel to Sudan and northern Cameroon.

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Blauer Pfau

Least Concern

Clapperton's Spurfowl

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How to Tell Them Apart

Blauer Pfau

Gefieder

Males (peacocks) have iridescent blue-green plumage and an enormous train of elongated upper tail coverts with eye-spots. Females (peahens) are brown and cryptically patterned.

Schnabel

Short, stout, greyish-horn bill

Clapperton's Spurfowl

Gefieder

Brown above with pale buff shaft streaks; whitish below with dark brown streaking; red bill; bare red throat patch diagnostic among West African spurfowl; red legs; red facial skin. Sexes …

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About These Birds

Blauer Pfau

Der Blaue Pfau ist der Nationalvogel Indiens und einer der spektakulärsten Vögel der Welt. Die riesige, über zwei Meter lange Schleppe des Pfaus wird bei aufwendigen Balzritualen gefächert und in Vibration versetzt. Trotz ihrer Größe können Pfauen kurze Strecken fliegen und übernachten in hohen Bäumen.

Clapperton's Spurfowl

A medium Phasianidae spurfowl (~471 g) of open savanna, cultivation edges, and dry woodland in the Sahel and adjacent sub-Saharan zones from Mali to Sudan. Streaked brown-and-white; red-based bill. Common in degraded and farmed landscapes. Feeds on seeds and invertebrates. Least Concern.

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