Common Quail vs Pavo Real Común
Coturnix coturnix comparado con Pavo cristatus
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Atributo | Common Quail | Pavo Real Común |
|---|---|---|
| Nombre científico | Coturnix coturnix | Pavo cristatus |
| Orden | Galliformes | Galliformes |
| Familia | Phasianidae | Phasianidae |
| Estado de conservación | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Longitud | — | 195,0 cm (76.8 in) |
| Envergadura | 21,2 cm (8.3 in) | 160,0 cm (63.0 in) |
| Peso | 107,775 g (3.80 oz) | 5000,0 g (176.37 oz) |
| Dieta | Eats seeds, grain, and plant material; takes invertebrates heavily when breeding; migrates between foraging grounds. | Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … |
| Tamaño de la puesta | 2-15 | 3-8 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Size Comparison
Habitat Comparison
Pavo Real Común
Open forests, farmland, and areas near water in the Indian subcontinent. Highly adaptable and common near human settlements.
Song & Call Comparison
Common Quail
Distinctive 'wet-my-lips' or 'whit-whit-WHEET' three-note call; ventriloquial from cereal fields. Rarely seen. Alarm is soft 'crit-crit'. Calls at night during migration. Female response softer.
Pavo Real Común
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.
Geographic Range & Migration
Common Quail
Breeds across Europe, North Africa, and Asia from the Atlantic to Mongolia; long-distance migrant wintering in sub-Saharan Africa and India.
Pavo Real Común
Indian subcontinent including India, Sri Lanka, and parts of Pakistan and Bangladesh. Feral populations worldwide.
Estado de conservación
Common Quail
Pavo Real Común
How to Tell Them Apart
Common Quail
Sandy-brown above with pale buff shaft streaks and dark brown anchor markings; pale buff below with dark flank streaks; male with dark anchor-shaped throat mark; female plain buff throat. Cryptically …
Pavo Real Común
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.
Short, stout, greyish-horn bill
About These Birds
Common Quail
La codorniz común (unos 90 g) es la única gallinácea migratoria de Europa, que a pesar de sus reducidas alas realiza migraciones transsaharianas. Muy críptica y difícil de observar, se detecta casi exclusivamente por el reclamo del macho, un inconfundible 'pit-pit-luit'. Habita campos de cereales, pastizales y herbazales. Las poblaciones han disminuido en gran parte de Europa por los cambios en las prácticas agrícolas. Fue una especie muy cazada, apreciada tanto por su carne como por su uso en peleas …
Pavo Real Común
El pavo real común es el pavo real más conocido, nativo del subcontinente indio, famoso por la espectacular cola con ocelos de los machos.