Scaled Quail vs Long-tailed Wood-partridge

Callipepla squamata 比較対象 Dendrortyx macroura

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Scaled Quail Long-tailed Wood-partridge
学名 Callipepla squamata Dendrortyx macroura
Galliformes Galliformes
Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 23.2 cm (9.1 in) 33.0 cm (13.0 in)
体重 195.5 g (6.90 oz) 386.5 g (13.63 oz)
食性 Feeds on seeds, leaves, and cacti in arid southwestern US scrubland. Takes invertebrates especially during … Omnivorous; eats seeds, invertebrates, tubers, and small fruits in Mexican highland pine-oak forests. Scratches ground …
一腹卵数 3-16 4-6
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Scaled Quail only

Long-tailed Wood-partridge only

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Song & Call Comparison

Scaled Quail

さえずり

Male gives a nasal, emphatic pay-COS call; coveys scatter with rapid, chattering clucks. The distinctive, nasal pay-COS call is the species' advertising call; carries across desert grassland.

Long-tailed Wood-partridge

さえずり

Produces a loud, resonant oo-oo-oo hooting series; calls are lower-pitched than Buffy-crowned. The deep, carrying hoots echo through Mexican mountain forest and pine-oak woodland.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Scaled Quail

Resident in the semi-arid grasslands and desert scrub of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Found in arid and semi-arid plains.

Long-tailed Wood-partridge

Endemic to the mountains of central Mexico from Jalisco to Oaxaca. Found at 1,500-3,000 m in pine-oak and cloud forest.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Scaled Quail

Least Concern

Long-tailed Wood-partridge

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How to Tell Them Apart

Scaled Quail

羽毛

Bluish-grey overall with black-edged feathers creating prominent scaly pattern on breast and flanks; white-tipped crest fluffy and pale; back brownish-grey; sexes similar but female slightly duller.

Long-tailed Wood-partridge

羽毛

Rufous-brown above with black streaking; grey head with black-and-white facial streaks; exceptionally long rufous tail; underparts grey streaked black; longest tail of any wood-partridge.

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About These Birds

Scaled Quail

体重約195gの鱗状の灰褐色と白い綿毛状の冠羽を持つウズラ。米南西部からメキシコ中部の半乾燥地に生息する。

Long-tailed Wood-partridge

A medium-sized New World quail (~385 g) of family Odontophoridae, with a long tail distinguishing it from related species. Endemic to Mexican highland forests, inhabiting cloud forest, pine-oak woodland, and humid mountain forest above 1,500 m. Feeds on seeds, plant material, and insects on the forest floor. Least Concern; restricted to Mexican mountains but common in suitable habitat.

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