Pavo Real Común vs Chestnut-naped Spurfowl

Pavo cristatus comparado con Pternistis castaneicollis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Pavo Real Común Chestnut-naped Spurfowl
Nombre científico Pavo cristatus Pternistis castaneicollis
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) 39,1 cm (15.4 in)
Peso 5000,0 g (176.37 oz) 828,75 g (29.23 oz)
Dieta Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Feeds on seeds, invertebrates, and plant material in Ethiopian and Eritrean highland forest and scrub.
Tamaño de la puesta 3-8 5-6
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Pavo Real Común 195,0 cm
Chestnut-naped Spurfowl
Envergadura
Pavo Real Común 160,0 cm
Chestnut-naped Spurfowl 39,1 cm
Peso
Pavo Real Común 5000,0 g
Chestnut-naped Spurfowl 828,75 g
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Pavo Real Común only

Ninguno

Chestnut-naped 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.

Chestnut-naped Spurfowl

Canto

Loud, harsh 'KRAAK-krak-krak' calls from Ethiopian highland forest; one of larger spurfowl with deep resonant calls. Alarm is explosive cackle. Pairs call in duet at dawn from forest edge and …

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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.

Chestnut-naped Spurfowl

Resident of highland scrub, montane grassland, and moorland in Ethiopia and Eritrea, at 1,800–3,700 m.

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Pavo Real Común

Least Concern

Chestnut-naped 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

Chestnut-naped Spurfowl

Plumaje

Brown above with pale buff streaks; white below with dark streaking; distinctive chestnut-rufous nape and hindneck contrasting with brown mantle; red facial skin; red legs. Sexes similar; Ethiopian highlands.

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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.

Chestnut-naped Spurfowl

A large Phasianidae spurfowl (~829 g) of highland scrub, forest edges, and cultivated land in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and northern Somalia. Chestnut nape and neck contrast with streaked grey-brown body. Territorial pairs or small groups forage on seeds, roots, and invertebrates. Least Concern in its highland range.

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