Indian Peafowl vs Blood Pheasant

Pavo cristatus से तुलना Ithaginis cruentus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Indian Peafowl Blood Pheasant
वैज्ञानिक नाम Pavo cristatus Ithaginis cruentus
गण Galliformes Galliformes
कुल Phasianidae Phasianidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Least Concern Least Concern
लंबाई 195.0 cm (76.8 in)
पंखों का फैलाव 160.0 cm (63.0 in) 39.1 cm (15.4 in)
वजन 5000.0 g (176.37 oz) 535.8333333333334 g (18.90 oz)
आहार Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Eats seeds, berries, moss, ferns, and invertebrates in Himalayan and Central Asian coniferous forests. Feeds …
अंडों की संख्या 3-8 2-7
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Indian Peafowl 195.0 cm
Blood Pheasant
पंखों का फैलाव
Indian Peafowl 160.0 cm
Blood Pheasant 39.1 cm
वजन
Indian Peafowl 5000.0 g
Blood Pheasant 535.8333333333334 g
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Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Indian Peafowl only

कोई नहीं

Blood Pheasant only

कोई नहीं

Indian Peafowl

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

Indian Peafowl

गीत

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.

Blood Pheasant

गीत

Sharp, nasal 'kip-kip-kip' contact calls; alarm is a loud, harsh chattering rattle audible across alpine rhododendron scrub. Song is a series of thin, whistled 'tsee' notes at dawn.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Indian Peafowl

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

Blood Pheasant

Resident in the Himalayas and mountains of western China from Pakistan east to Yunnan at 2,400-4,500 m. Found in rhododendron and coniferous forest.

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संरक्षण स्थिति

Least Concern

Indian Peafowl

Least Concern

Blood Pheasant

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How to Tell Them Apart

Indian Peafowl

पंख

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.

चोंच

Short, stout, greyish-horn bill

Blood Pheasant

पंख

Male has grey and black streaked upperparts; red forehead, red streaks on breast and flanks; red-and-yellow legs; bare red facial skin. Female is rusty-brown streaked darker with no red; markedly …

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About These Birds

Indian Peafowl

The Indian peafowl is the national bird of India and one of the most spectacular birds in the world. The peacock's enormous train, which can span over two meters, is used in elaborate courtship displays where the feathers are fanned and vibrated. Despite their size, peafowl can fly short distances and roost in tall trees.

Blood Pheasant

A medium-sized pheasant (~535 g) of family Phasianidae, males with blood-red streaked plumage on green and grey tones. Inhabits dense subalpine forests and rhododendron scrub in the Himalayas from Nepal to southwestern China at 2,800–4,500 m elevation. Feeds on mosses, ferns, berries, and seeds. Least Concern; the sole member of genus Ithaginis with a broad Himalayan distribution.

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