Mountain Bamboo-partridge vs African Blue Quail

Bambusicola fytchii 比較対象 Synoicus adansonii

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Mountain Bamboo-partridge African Blue Quail
学名 Bambusicola fytchii Synoicus adansonii
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 28.6 cm (11.3 in) 14.9 cm (5.9 in)
体重 318.5 g (11.23 oz) 41.666666666666664 g (1.47 oz)
食性 Eats seeds, berries, invertebrates, and plant material in bamboo forest and scrub of northeastern India … Feeds on small grass seeds, invertebrates, and plant matter in African tropical grassland and wetland …
一腹卵数 3-8 3-9
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Mountain Bamboo-partridge only

None

African Blue Quail only

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Song & Call Comparison

Mountain Bamboo-partridge

さえずり

Loud, explosive 'chi-fu-fu' or 'pink-pink-pink' calls from NE Indian bamboo forest; noisy, far-carrying. Alarm is rapid cackling rattle. Contact calls between flock members are soft clucks.

African Blue Quail

さえずり

High, thin 'wee-wee-wee-wee' whistle in series; tiny, cryptic African grassland quail. Alarm is a sharp 'pip'. Very quiet overall; contact clucks barely audible. Calls at dawn and dusk.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Mountain Bamboo-partridge

Resident of secondary scrub, bamboo, and forest edge from northeastern India (Manipur) east through Myanmar to southern China and Indochina.

African Blue Quail

Nomadic resident of open grassland, wetland edge, and savanna across sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia and south to Angola.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Mountain Bamboo-partridge

Least Concern

African Blue Quail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Mountain Bamboo-partridge

羽毛

Chestnut-brown upperparts with grey crown; white supercilium; black-spotted rufous-orange flanks and breast; white belly; rufous tail. Sexes similar; male with small tarsal spur. Endemic to South and Southeast Asia.

African Blue Quail

羽毛

Male dark slaty-blue overall with chestnut flanks; white face markings with black border; similar to Asian Blue Quail. Female brown with buff streaking; pale underparts. African counterpart of Asian Blue …

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About These Birds

Mountain Bamboo-partridge

インド北東部からミャンマー、中国南部にかけての丘陵と山地の竹林および低木地に生息するキジ科の小型シャコ(約319g)。非常に声が大きく、大きな繰り返しの鳴き声を出す。番いまたは小群で生活;種子・竹の芽・無脊椎動物を食べる。軽度懸念;林縁生息地に適応性が高い。

African Blue Quail

A tiny Phasianidae quail (~42 g) of tall grasses and moist savanna across sub-Saharan Africa. Males have a slaty-blue face and rusty-buff flanks; one of Africa's smallest birds. Highly secretive; rarely flushed. Feeds on tiny grass seeds and invertebrates. Migratory or nomadic following rains. Least Concern.

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