Pavo Real Común vs Hartlaub's Spurfowl

Pavo cristatus comparado con Pternistis hartlaubi

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Pavo Real Común Hartlaub's Spurfowl
Nombre científico Pavo cristatus Pternistis hartlaubi
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) 28,9 cm (11.4 in)
Peso 5000,0 g (176.37 oz) 246,25 g (8.69 oz)
Dieta Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Forages for seeds, fruits, invertebrates, and small animals in rocky Angolan hillside scrub.
Tamaño de la puesta 3-8 4-8
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Pavo Real Común 195,0 cm
Hartlaub's Spurfowl
Envergadura
Pavo Real Común 160,0 cm
Hartlaub's Spurfowl 28,9 cm
Peso
Pavo Real Común 5000,0 g
Hartlaub's Spurfowl 246,25 g
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Pavo Real Común only

Hartlaub's Spurfowl only

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.

Hartlaub's Spurfowl

Canto

Loud, harsh 'krak-krak-KRAAK' calls from NW African rocky bush; slightly nasal quality. Alarm is rapid explosive cackling when flushed. Pairs call in duet at dawn on rocky escarpments.

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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.

Hartlaub's Spurfowl

Resident of rocky hillsides with scrub and open woodland in southwestern Angola; restricted range.

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Pavo Real Común

Least Concern

Hartlaub's Spurfowl

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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

Hartlaub's Spurfowl

Plumaje

Dark brown above with pale buff shaft streaks; white below with dense dark brown streaking; orange-red facial skin; yellow legs; no bare neck skin. Sexes similar; smaller than most spurfowl; …

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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.

Hartlaub's Spurfowl

A small Phasianidae spurfowl (~246 g) of rocky hillside scrub and boulder-strewn savanna in Angola and Namibia. Plumage is intricately streaked and spotted brown-and-white. Pairs and family groups forage on the ground for seeds, roots, and invertebrates. Locally common in arid rocky terrain; Least Concern.

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