Pavo Real Común vs Red-winged Francolin

Pavo cristatus comparado con Scleroptila levaillantii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Pavo Real Común Red-winged Francolin
Nombre científico Pavo cristatus Scleroptila levaillantii
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) 32,5 cm (12.8 in)
Peso 5000,0 g (176.37 oz) 448,75 g (15.83 oz)
Dieta Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Forages for seeds, invertebrates, and plant matter in South African grassland and fynbos; scratches soil.
Tamaño de la puesta 3-8 3-5
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Pavo Real Común 195,0 cm
Red-winged Francolin
Envergadura
Pavo Real Común 160,0 cm
Red-winged Francolin 32,5 cm
Peso
Pavo Real Común 5000,0 g
Red-winged Francolin 448,75 g

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Pavo Real Común only

Red-winged 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.

Red-winged Francolin

Canto

Ringing, emphatic 'keee-KRAK-keee' call series; S African highland grassland species. Alarm is explosive cackling with flush; rufous wing patches visible in flight. Pairs call antiphonally at dawn.

Geographic Range & Migration

Pavo Real Común

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

Red-winged Francolin

Resident of highland grassland and montane scrub in eastern South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal to Northern Cape) and Lesotho.

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Pavo Real Común

Least Concern

Red-winged 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

Red-winged Francolin

Plumaje

Brown above with buff shaft streaks; white-streaked dark brown underparts; rufous-chestnut primaries diagnostic in flight; white throat; red bill; red legs in male, yellow in female. Grassland species.

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.

Red-winged Francolin

A medium Phasianidae francolin (~449 g) of montane grassland and open country in eastern and southern Africa. Rufous-red wing patches are conspicuous in flight. Inhabits high-altitude open grassland. Feeds on grass seeds, tubers, and invertebrates. Calls loudly in the morning; forms loose groups. Least Concern.

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