Pavo Real Común vs Vietnam Pheasant

Pavo cristatus comparado con Lophura edwardsi

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Pavo Real Común Vietnam Pheasant
Nombre científico Pavo cristatus Lophura edwardsi
Orden Galliformes Galliformes
Familia Phasianidae Phasianidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Not Evaluated
Longitud 195,0 cm (76.8 in)
Envergadura 160,0 cm (63.0 in) 42,1 cm (16.6 in)
Peso 5000,0 g (176.37 oz) 1088,3333333333333 g (38.39 oz)
Dieta Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Forages on seeds, fruits, invertebrates, and small animals in Vietnamese lowland forest; scratches leaf litter.
Tamaño de la puesta 3-8 4-7
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Pavo Real Común 195,0 cm
Vietnam Pheasant
Envergadura
Pavo Real Común 160,0 cm
Vietnam Pheasant 42,1 cm
Peso
Pavo Real Común 5000,0 g
Vietnam Pheasant 1088,3333333333333 g

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Pavo Real Común only

Ninguno

Vietnam Pheasant only

Ninguno

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.

Vietnam Pheasant

Canto

Harsh, staccato 'kak-kak' crows with rasping quality; Vietnam endemic, one of world's rarest pheasants. Alarm is explosive loud cackle. Contact calls are low guttural clucks; rarely documented.

Geographic Range & Migration

Pavo Real Común

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

Vietnam Pheasant

Critically restricted to a small area of lowland forest in central Vietnam (Ha Tinh, Quang Binh provinces); one of the world's rarest pheasants.

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Pavo Real Común

Not Evaluated

Vietnam Pheasant

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

Vietnam Pheasant

Plumaje

Male with white crest; blue-black body; white upper back and wing coverts forming bold white saddle; red facial wattle. Female uniform reddish-brown with black-tipped feathers and some white on wing …

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.

Vietnam Pheasant

A critically endangered Phasianidae pheasant (~1.09 kg) believed extinct in the wild in central Vietnam; surviving only in captivity. Males are white-crested with blue wattles and dark plumage. Originally inhabited lowland evergreen forest. Feeds on seeds, fruits, and invertebrates. Conservation breeding programs active.

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