Ferruginous Partridge vs Lesser Prairie-chicken

Caloperdix oculeus 比較対象 Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Ferruginous Partridge Lesser Prairie-chicken
学名 Caloperdix oculeus Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
保全状況 Near Threatened Vulnerable
体長
翼開長 28.3 cm (11.1 in) 41.0 cm (16.1 in)
体重 210.5 g (7.43 oz) 724.25 g (25.55 oz)
食性 Eats seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits on floor of Southeast Asian lowland and hill forests. … Feeds on seeds, berries, grasshoppers, and plant material in shortgrass prairie and shinnery oak of …
一腹卵数 8-10 6-14
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Ferruginous Partridge only

Lesser Prairie-chicken only

Song & Call Comparison

Ferruginous Partridge

さえずり

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.

Lesser Prairie-chicken

さえずり

Males boom and gobble on lek: higher-pitched, faster sequence than Greater Prairie-chicken; reddish air sacs vibrate. Display includes cackles and wing-dragging. Alarm is a sharp repeated 'kek'.

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.

Lesser Prairie-chicken

Resident in shinnery oak and sand sagebrush habitat of the southern Great Plains in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Colorado. Vulnerable.

保全状況

Near Threatened

Ferruginous Partridge

Vulnerable

Lesser Prairie-chicken

How to Tell Them Apart

Ferruginous Partridge

羽毛

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.

Lesser Prairie-chicken

羽毛

Barred buff and brown like Greater Prairie-chicken but paler; males have dark pinnae feathers and reddish-pink neck sacs; yellow eye-comb; female lacks pinnae. Paler overall than its larger relative.

About These Birds

Ferruginous Partridge

体重約210gの錆赤色・黒白の斑点を持つヤマウズラ。マレーシア・スマトラ・ボルネオに生息する準絶滅危惧種。

Lesser Prairie-chicken

A medium-sized grouse (~725 g) of family Phasianidae, paler than Greater Prairie-chicken with crimson-orange air sacs in males. Inhabits arid mixed-grass and shinnery oak prairies in the southern Great Plains of the United States. Feeds on plant matter and invertebrates. Vulnerable; severe population declines due to oil and gas development, overgrazing, drought, and loss of native shrub prairie.

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