Hill Partridge vs Malay Peacock-Pheasant

Arborophila torqueola 比較対象 Polyplectron malacense

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Hill Partridge Malay Peacock-Pheasant
学名 Arborophila torqueola Polyplectron malacense
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
保全状況 Least Concern Endangered
体長
翼開長 27.3 cm (10.7 in) 38.5 cm (15.2 in)
体重 342.0 g (12.06 oz) 564.0 g (19.89 oz)
食性 Forages on Himalayan forest floor for seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits. Scratches leaf litter in … Omnivorous; eats seeds, fallen fruits, invertebrates, and small animals on Malay Peninsula forest floor.
一腹卵数 3-9 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Hill Partridge only

None

Malay Peacock-Pheasant only

None

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Song & Call Comparison

Hill Partridge

さえずり

Repeated melodic whistle 'wi-WHEEEOO' rising and falling; pairs often duet. Males sing from hillside undergrowth at dawn. Alarm is a sharp, emphatic 'kek' or staccato clucking.

Malay Peacock-Pheasant

さえずり

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Hill Partridge

Resident in the Himalayas and hills of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and southern China at 1,000-3,500 m. Found in oak and rhododendron forest.

Malay Peacock-Pheasant

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

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保全状況

Least Concern

Hill Partridge

Endangered

Malay Peacock-Pheasant

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How to Tell Them Apart

Hill Partridge

羽毛

Male has orange-rufous face, white-spotted black throat collar, grey breast, and chestnut flanks streaked white on dark brown back. Female has brown face with buff streaking, less vivid collar.

Malay Peacock-Pheasant

羽毛

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 …

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About These Birds

Hill Partridge

ヒマラヤコリンウズラはヒマラヤ山脈から中国南西部にかけての山地森林に生息するセキショクヤケイ科の鳥です。首の縞模様が特徴的で、密な低木や竹藪に生息します。果実、種子、昆虫を採食します。鳴き声は大きく特徴的です。

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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