Pavo Real Común vs Whyte's Francolin

Pavo cristatus comparado con Scleroptila whytei

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Pavo Real Común Whyte's Francolin
Nombre científico Pavo cristatus Scleroptila whytei
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) 32,8 cm (12.9 in)
Peso 5000,0 g (176.37 oz) 488,0 g (17.21 oz)
Dieta Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Forages for seeds, invertebrates, and plant material in miombo woodland and grassland of central Africa.
Tamaño de la puesta 3-8 4-6
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Pavo Real Común 195,0 cm
Whyte's Francolin
Envergadura
Pavo Real Común 160,0 cm
Whyte's Francolin 32,8 cm
Peso
Pavo Real Común 5000,0 g
Whyte's Francolin 488,0 g

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Pavo Real Común only

Whyte's Francolin 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.

Whyte's Francolin

Canto

Loud 'krak-KRAK-kra' calls from C-SE African miombo woodland; sharp and penetrating. Alarm is rapid cackle. Pairs call from termite mound or rock perches at dawn. Miombo woodland specialist.

Geographic Range & Migration

Pavo Real Común

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

Whyte's Francolin

Resident of miombo woodland, scrub, and rocky hillsides in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and adjacent Tanzania and Mozambique.

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Pavo Real Común

Least Concern

Whyte's Francolin

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

Whyte's Francolin

Plumaje

Brown above with buff streaking; pale buff underparts with brown lateral streaking; white throat; rufous wing panel in flight; yellow-orange bill; red legs. Closely resembles Red-winged Francolin; central African range.

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.

Whyte's Francolin

A medium Phasianidae francolin (~488 g) of rocky hillsides, miombo woodland, and brachystegia scrub in Malawi, Zambia, and adjacent countries. Broadly similar to Shelley's Francolin but range largely allopatric. Feeds on seeds and invertebrates on the ground. Least Concern in its central-African highland range.

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