Pavo Real Común vs Red-necked Spurfowl

Pavo cristatus comparado con Pternistis afer

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Pavo Real Común Red-necked Spurfowl
Nombre científico Pavo cristatus Pternistis afer
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) 34,0 cm (13.4 in)
Peso 5000,0 g (176.37 oz) 574,1666666666666 g (20.25 oz)
Dieta Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Omnivorous; eats seeds, berries, invertebrates, and small animals in African savanna and scrubby woodland.
Tamaño de la puesta 3-8 3-9
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Pavo Real Común 195,0 cm
Red-necked Spurfowl
Envergadura
Pavo Real Común 160,0 cm
Red-necked Spurfowl 34,0 cm
Peso
Pavo Real Común 5000,0 g
Red-necked Spurfowl 574,1666666666666 g

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Pavo Real Común only

Ninguno

Red-necked Spurfowl 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.

Red-necked Spurfowl

Canto

Loud, harsh crowing duet; raucous 'krrreek-krrreek' repeated vigorously; common call at dawn in dense bush; alarm a rapid staccato clucking

Geographic Range & Migration

Pavo Real Común

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

Red-necked Spurfowl

Resident of open woodland, forest edge, and moist savanna from Ethiopia and Somalia south through East Africa to South Africa.

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Pavo Real Común

Least Concern

Red-necked Spurfowl

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

Red-necked Spurfowl

Plumaje

Brown above with pale buff shaft streaks; white below with dense dark brown streaking; bare bright red facial skin extending prominently down neck diagnostic; red legs; dark bill. Sexes similar; …

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.

Red-necked Spurfowl

A medium-large Phasianidae spurfowl (~574 g) of woodland, riverine scrub, and cultivated edges across eastern and southern Africa. Bright red bill, throat, and facial skin are unmistakable. Pairs or small groups forage on seeds, roots, and invertebrates. Calls loud and raucous at dawn; Least Concern.

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