Red Grouse vs Altai Snowcock

Lagopus scotica 比較対象 Tetraogallus altaicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Red Grouse Altai Snowcock
学名 Lagopus scotica Tetraogallus altaicus
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
保全状況 Not Evaluated Least Concern
体長
翼開長 56.9 cm (22.4 in)
体重 583.125 g (20.57 oz) 2770.0 g (97.71 oz)
食性 Highly dependent on heather shoots and flowers year-round; also eats berries, seeds, and insects in … Feeds on alpine grasses, seeds, berries, and shoots; digs for roots and bulbs in Altai …
一腹卵数 6-9 4-15
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Red Grouse only

Altai Snowcock only

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Song & Call Comparison

Red Grouse

さえずり

Distinctive 'go-back, go-back' cackle; male territorial call loud and raspy on Scottish heather moor. Alarm is explosive 'kek-kek'. Male gives hoarse crowing display calls.

Altai Snowcock

さえずり

Loud, ringing whistled 'whi-WHEEE' echoing across Altai alpine slopes; deeper than Tibetan Snowcock due to larger size. Alarm is rapid barking. Calls at dawn from rocky ridgelines.

Geographic Range & Migration

Red Grouse

Endemic to heather moorlands of Scotland, northern England, and Ireland. Resident year-round. Often treated as a subspecies of Willow Grouse.

Altai Snowcock

Resident of alpine rocky slopes and grassy hillsides in the Altai and Sayan mountains of Russia, Kazakhstan, and western Mongolia, at 2,000–4,000 m.

保全状況

Not Evaluated

Red Grouse

Least Concern

Altai Snowcock

How to Tell Them Apart

Red Grouse

羽毛

Does not turn white in winter; male is rich chestnut-brown with red eye-comb; finely barred darker on back; belly dark brown; legs feathered white. Female paler and more finely barred …

Altai Snowcock

羽毛

Largest snowcock; grey-brown upperparts with buff streaks; white underparts with grey breast; rufous necklace streaks on lower neck; white outer tail in flight; whitish face with dark ear patch. Sexes …

About These Birds

Red Grouse

A medium-sized grouse (~585 g) of family Phasianidae, endemic to the British Isles with rich chestnut-red plumage and red eyebrows. Inhabits open heather moorlands across Scotland, northern England, Wales, and Ireland. Feeds almost exclusively on heather shoots and berries. Not Evaluated as a distinct species by IUCN (often treated as subspecies of Willow Grouse); an iconic game bird of British uplands.

Altai Snowcock

アルタイセッケイはアルタイ山脈の高山地帯に生息する大型のキジ科の鳥です。険しい岩場の斜面を好み、植物の種子や葉を食べます。

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