Ferruginous Partridge vs Malay Peacock-Pheasant

Caloperdix oculeus से तुलना Polyplectron malacense

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Ferruginous Partridge Malay Peacock-Pheasant
वैज्ञानिक नाम Caloperdix oculeus Polyplectron malacense
गण Galliformes Galliformes
कुल Phasianidae Phasianidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Near Threatened Endangered
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 28.3 cm (11.1 in) 38.5 cm (15.2 in)
वजन 210.5 g (7.43 oz) 564.0 g (19.89 oz)
आहार Eats seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits on floor of Southeast Asian lowland and hill forests. … Omnivorous; eats seeds, fallen fruits, invertebrates, and small animals on Malay Peninsula forest floor.
अंडों की संख्या 8-10 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Ferruginous Partridge only

कोई नहीं

Malay Peacock-Pheasant only

कोई नहीं

Song & Call Comparison

Ferruginous Partridge

गीत

Sharp, staccato 'krik-krik-krik' calls from lowland rainforest; often given in duet. Alarm is a loud, rapid chattering rattle; contact notes between pairs soft and clucking.

Malay Peacock-Pheasant

गीत

Repeated thin 'kwi-kwi-kwi' whistle, slightly ascending; given during display with tail fanning. Peninsular Malaysia forest floor. Alarm is explosive 'kak'. Rarely vocal outside breeding display.

Geographic Range & Migration

Ferruginous Partridge

Resident in lowland rainforest of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Found in flat or gently sloping lowland forest.

Malay Peacock-Pheasant

Resident of lowland and hill forest in peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and southern Thailand below 1,000 m.

संरक्षण स्थिति

Near Threatened

Ferruginous Partridge

Endangered

Malay Peacock-Pheasant

How to Tell Them Apart

Ferruginous Partridge

पंख

Rich ferruginous (deep rusty-orange) overall; upperparts black-and-rufous barred; flanks black boldly spotted white; bare red facial skin; underparts rufous-orange; one of the most vividly coloured Southeast Asian partridges.

Malay Peacock-Pheasant

पंख

Male brown with large iridescent green and violet ocelli on wings and tail; yellow orbital skin; buff speckled face. Female brown with smaller ocelli and yellow orbital skin; both with …

About These Birds

Ferruginous Partridge

A small partridge (~210 g) of family Phasianidae, with rich ferruginous (rust-red) plumage and spotted black-and-white markings. Inhabits lowland and foothill rainforests in Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo. Secretive, foraging on the forest floor for seeds and invertebrates. Near Threatened; associated with primary and tall secondary forest, declining with ongoing logging and land conversion.

Malay Peacock-Pheasant

A medium-small Phasianidae pheasant (~564 g) of lowland dipterocarp forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula. Males sport blue-green ocelli on wings and tail, displayed fan-wise in courtship. Forages on fallen fruits, seeds, and invertebrates. Endangered due to extensive lowland forest loss across Sundaland.

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