Pavo Real Común vs Jackson's Spurfowl

Pavo cristatus comparado con Pternistis jacksoni

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Pavo Real Común Jackson's Spurfowl
Nombre científico Pavo cristatus Pternistis jacksoni
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) 42,5 cm (16.7 in)
Peso 5000,0 g (176.37 oz) 1121,0 g (39.54 oz)
Dieta Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Eats seeds, invertebrates, and plant matter in East African highland bamboo and forest.
Tamaño de la puesta 3-8 3-7
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Pavo Real Común 195,0 cm
Jackson's Spurfowl
Envergadura
Pavo Real Común 160,0 cm
Jackson's Spurfowl 42,5 cm
Peso
Pavo Real Común 5000,0 g
Jackson's Spurfowl 1121,0 g

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Pavo Real Común only

Ninguno

Jackson's 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.

Jackson's Spurfowl

Canto

Very loud, deep 'KAK-KAAK-kak' calls from E African highland forest; second-largest spurfowl with powerful voice. Alarm is loud explosive cackle. Pairs call in duet at dawn.

Geographic Range & Migration

Pavo Real Común

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

Jackson's Spurfowl

Endemic to the highlands of Kenya and Uganda (Mount Elgon and Aberdares region); resident of montane forest and bamboo above 2,000 m.

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Pavo Real Común

Least Concern

Jackson's 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

Jackson's Spurfowl

Plumaje

Large; dark brown above with pale buff shaft streaks; whitish below with dense dark brown streaking; red bill; red facial skin; red legs; no bare neck. Sexes similar; restricted to …

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.

Jackson's Spurfowl

A large, impressive Phasianidae spurfowl (~1.12 kg) endemic to the bamboo zone and montane forest edges of Kenya's Mount Kenya and the Aberdare Range above 2,500 m. Brown with bold white streaking; red orbital skin. Territorial; forages on roots, seeds, and invertebrates. Least Concern in protected montane forests.

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