Tibetan Eared-pheasant vs Pavo Real Común

Crossoptilon harmani comparado con Pavo cristatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Tibetan Eared-pheasant Pavo Real Común
Nombre científico Crossoptilon harmani Pavo cristatus
Orden Galliformes Galliformes
Familia Phasianidae Phasianidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud 195,0 cm (76.8 in)
Envergadura 56,4 cm (22.2 in) 160,0 cm (63.0 in)
Peso 1946,0 g (68.64 oz) 5000,0 g (176.37 oz)
Dieta Digs for tubers, bulbs, roots, and invertebrates on Tibetan plateau; also eats seeds and berries. Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in …
Tamaño de la puesta 4-11 3-8
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Tibetan Eared-pheasant
Pavo Real Común 195,0 cm
Envergadura
Tibetan Eared-pheasant 56,4 cm
Pavo Real Común 160,0 cm
Peso
Tibetan Eared-pheasant 1946,0 g
Pavo Real Común 5000,0 g

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Tibetan Eared-pheasant only

Pavo Real Común only

Ninguno

Pavo Real Común

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

Song & Call Comparison

Tibetan Eared-pheasant

Canto

Loud, bugling 'GA-GA-GA' calls; raucous and crow-like resonating across Tibetan alpine meadows. Flocks maintain raucous calling. Alarm is a rapid series of loud honking notes; wing beats loud.

Pavo Real Común

Canto

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

Tibetan Eared-pheasant

Endemic to alpine scrub and rhododendron thickets on the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent Himalayas in southeastern Tibet and Bhutan, at 3,000–4,500 m.

Pavo Real Común

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

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Tibetan Eared-pheasant

Least Concern

Pavo Real Común

How to Tell Them Apart

Tibetan Eared-pheasant

Plumaje

Primarily whitish-grey with dark brown wings and back; black cap; white ear tufts projecting laterally; dark graduated tail with white-tipped central feathers; red facial skin. Sexes very similar.

Pavo Real Común

Plumaje

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.

Pico

Short, stout, greyish-horn bill

About These Birds

Tibetan Eared-pheasant

A large Phasianidae pheasant (~1.95 kg) inhabiting alpine shrublands and forest edges on the Tibetan Plateau's southeastern rim. Greyish plumage with distinctive ear tufts. Gregarious; flocks forage on roots, tubers, and seeds. Tolerates cold extremes. Least Concern within its restricted Himalayan range.

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.

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