Crested Partridge vs Sabah Partridge

Rollulus rouloul verglichen mit Tropicoperdix graydoni

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Merkmal Crested Partridge Sabah Partridge
Wissenschaftlicher Name Rollulus rouloul Tropicoperdix graydoni
Ordnung Galliformes Galliformes
Familie Phasianidae Phasianidae
Erhaltungsstatus Vulnerable Near Threatened
Länge
Flügelspannweite 27,2 cm (10.7 in)
Gewicht 250,5 g (8.84 oz)
Ernährung Forages on floor of Southeast Asian lowland rainforests for seeds, fallen fruits, and invertebrates. Scratches … Feeds on seeds, fruits, and invertebrates in Sabah forest; poorly known diet inferred from related …
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Habitat Comparison

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Song & Call Comparison

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.

Sabah Partridge

Gesang

Whistled 'wheee-oo' call from Sabah lowland forest; similar to Chestnut-necklaced Partridge but considered distinct. Very poorly known vocally. Alarm presumably sharp 'kek'; contact clucking low.

Geographic Range & Migration

Crested Partridge

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

Sabah Partridge

Endemic to Sabah, Borneo (Malaysia); resident of submontane and montane forest above 900 m.

Erhaltungsstatus

Vulnerable

Crested Partridge

Near Threatened

Sabah Partridge

How to Tell Them Apart

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 …

Sabah Partridge

Gefieder

Brown upperparts with dusky vermiculations; white supercilium; buffy-orange underparts; chestnut patch on breast less pronounced than in Chestnut-necklaced Partridge; greenish-grey legs; restricted to Borneo.

About These Birds

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.

Sabah Partridge

A little-studied Phasianidae partridge endemic to forests of Sabah and adjacent northeastern Borneo. Formerly lumped with the Chestnut-necklaced Partridge; recently elevated to full species status. Biology poorly known; presumed to forage on seeds and invertebrates in lowland forest. Near Threatened.

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