Pavo Real Común vs Kalij Pheasant

Pavo cristatus comparado con Lophura leucomelanos

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Pavo Real Común Kalij Pheasant
Nombre científico Pavo cristatus Lophura leucomelanos
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) 42,4 cm (16.7 in)
Peso 5000,0 g (176.37 oz) 883,5 g (31.16 oz)
Dieta Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Omnivorous; eats seeds, berries, fallen fruit, invertebrates, and small vertebrates; forages by scratching.
Tamaño de la puesta 3-8 5-10
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Pavo Real Común 195,0 cm
Kalij Pheasant
Envergadura
Pavo Real Común 160,0 cm
Kalij Pheasant 42,4 cm
Peso
Pavo Real Común 5000,0 g
Kalij Pheasant 883,5 g
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Pavo Real Común only

Ninguno

Kalij Pheasant only

Ninguno

Pavo Real Común

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

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.

Kalij Pheasant

Canto

Loud, crowing 'kowe-KOW' calls; sharp and slightly nasal. Himalayan forest species with raucous alarm cackle. Males wing-drum at dawn. Contact calls low clucking; widely heard on Himalayan trails.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Pavo Real Común

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

Kalij Pheasant

Resident of montane forest, scrub, and bamboo from the Himalayas (Pakistan to Yunnan) south through Myanmar to peninsular Malaysia, at 300–3,000 m.

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Pavo Real Común

Least Concern

Kalij Pheasant

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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

Kalij Pheasant

Plumaje

Male glossy blue-black with white rump in some subspecies; curved crest; white-fringed flank feathers; red facial wattle. Female mottled brown with dark shaft streaks; highly variable across many subspecies.

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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.

Kalij Pheasant

A medium-sized Phasianidae pheasant (~884 g) widespread across Himalayan foothills and Southeast Asian forest edges from Pakistan to southwestern China. Males vary in plumage across many subspecies, generally dark with white markings. Feeds on seeds, roots, and invertebrates. Least Concern; adapts to disturbed forest.

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