Pavo Real Común vs White-tailed Ptarmigan

Pavo cristatus comparado con Lagopus leucura

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Pavo Real Común White-tailed Ptarmigan
Nombre científico Pavo cristatus Lagopus leucura
Orden Galliformes Galliformes
Familia Phasianidae Phasianidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud 195,0 cm (76.8 in)
Envergadura 160,0 cm (63.0 in) 34,6 cm (13.6 in)
Peso 5000,0 g (176.37 oz) 361,8 g (12.76 oz)
Dieta Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Eats alpine willow and heather buds and leaves; switches to berries and insects in summer. …
Tamaño de la puesta 3-8 2-9
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Pavo Real Común 195,0 cm
White-tailed Ptarmigan
Envergadura
Pavo Real Común 160,0 cm
White-tailed Ptarmigan 34,6 cm
Peso
Pavo Real Común 5000,0 g
White-tailed Ptarmigan 361,8 g

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Pavo Real Común only

White-tailed Ptarmigan only

Pavo Real Común

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

Song & Call Comparison

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.

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Canto

Soft, chicken-like clucking 'ko-ko-ko'; quiet relative to other ptarmigan. Alarm is a sharp 'kek' series. Males give low, croaking calls on alpine tundra at dawn. Flock contact is muted burbling.

Geographic Range & Migration

Pavo Real Común

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

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Breeds in alpine tundra from Alaska south through the Rockies to New Mexico. Largely resident, descending to lower elevations in winter.

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Pavo Real Común

Least Concern

White-tailed Ptarmigan

How to Tell Them Apart

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

White-tailed Ptarmigan

About These Birds

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.

White-tailed Ptarmigan

La perdiz blanca de cola blanca es un galliformes de alta montaña endémico de América del Norte, que vive en terrenos alpinos rocosos.

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