Pavo Real Común vs Swainson's Spurfowl

Pavo cristatus comparado con Pternistis swainsonii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Pavo Real Común Swainson's Spurfowl
Nombre científico Pavo cristatus Pternistis swainsonii
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) 37,3 cm (14.7 in)
Peso 5000,0 g (176.37 oz) 591,25 g (20.86 oz)
Dieta Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Omnivorous; eats seeds, berries, invertebrates, and small animals in southern African open savanna.
Tamaño de la puesta 3-8 3-12
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Pavo Real Común 195,0 cm
Swainson's Spurfowl
Envergadura
Pavo Real Común 160,0 cm
Swainson's Spurfowl 37,3 cm
Peso
Pavo Real Común 5000,0 g
Swainson's Spurfowl 591,25 g

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Pavo Real Común only

Ninguno

Swainson'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.

Swainson's Spurfowl

Canto

Very loud, penetrating crowing; harsh 'kweh-kweh-kweh' repeated up to 20 times; one of the loudest African spurfowl; carries across open farmland

Geographic Range & Migration

Pavo Real Común

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

Swainson's Spurfowl

Resident of open savanna, grassland, and bushveld from South Africa north to Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and southeastern Botswana.

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Pavo Real Común

Least Concern

Swainson'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

Swainson's Spurfowl

Plumaje

Brown above with buff shaft streaks; white below with dense dark brown streaking; bare red facial skin extends down throat forming visible naked neck patch; red legs; dark bill. Sexes …

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.

Swainson's Spurfowl

A large Phasianidae spurfowl (~591 g) of open grassland, savanna, and farmland across southern Africa from Zambia to South Africa. Dark brown, streaked rufous-buff; red facial skin and bill. Often seen foraging in large groups in cultivated fields. Adapts to agricultural landscapes; common gamebird. Least Concern.

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