Pavo Real Común vs Malay Peacock-Pheasant

Pavo cristatus comparado con Polyplectron malacense

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Pavo Real Común Malay Peacock-Pheasant
Nombre científico Pavo cristatus Polyplectron malacense
Orden Galliformes Galliformes
Familia Phasianidae Phasianidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Endangered
Longitud 195,0 cm (76.8 in)
Envergadura 160,0 cm (63.0 in) 38,5 cm (15.2 in)
Peso 5000,0 g (176.37 oz) 564,0 g (19.89 oz)
Dieta Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Omnivorous; eats seeds, fallen fruits, invertebrates, and small animals on Malay Peninsula forest floor.
Tamaño de la puesta 3-8 1
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Pavo Real Común 195,0 cm
Malay Peacock-Pheasant
Envergadura
Pavo Real Común 160,0 cm
Malay Peacock-Pheasant 38,5 cm
Peso
Pavo Real Común 5000,0 g
Malay Peacock-Pheasant 564,0 g
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Pavo Real Común only

Ninguno

Malay Peacock-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.

Malay Peacock-Pheasant

Canto

Repeated thin 'kwi-kwi-kwi' whistle, slightly ascending; given during display with tail fanning. Peninsular Malaysia forest floor. Alarm is explosive 'kak'. Rarely vocal outside breeding display.

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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.

Malay Peacock-Pheasant

Resident of lowland and hill forest in peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and southern Thailand below 1,000 m.

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Pavo Real Común

Endangered

Malay Peacock-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

Malay Peacock-Pheasant

Plumaje

Male brown with large iridescent green and violet ocelli on wings and tail; yellow orbital skin; buff speckled face. Female brown with smaller ocelli and yellow orbital skin; both with …

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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.

Malay Peacock-Pheasant

A medium-small Phasianidae pheasant (~564 g) of lowland dipterocarp forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula. Males sport blue-green ocelli on wings and tail, displayed fan-wise in courtship. Forages on fallen fruits, seeds, and invertebrates. Endangered due to extensive lowland forest loss across Sundaland.

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