Yellow-necked Spurfowl vs Altai Snowcock

Pternistis leucoscepus 比較対象 Tetraogallus altaicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Yellow-necked Spurfowl Altai Snowcock
学名 Pternistis leucoscepus Tetraogallus altaicus
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 39.8 cm (15.7 in) 56.9 cm (22.4 in)
体重 631.5 g (22.28 oz) 2770.0 g (97.71 oz)
食性 Feeds on seeds, berries, invertebrates, and small animals in East African savanna and bushland. Feeds on alpine grasses, seeds, berries, and shoots; digs for roots and bulbs in Altai …
一腹卵数 3-8 4-15
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Yellow-necked Spurfowl only

None

Altai Snowcock only

Song & Call Comparison

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

さえずり

Extremely loud, far-carrying crow; raucous 'kwaak-kwaak' series; pairs duet loudly at dusk; alarm a sharp, rapid 'kik-kik-kik' clatter

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

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Resident of open savanna, dry woodland, and thornbush from South Sudan and Ethiopia south through East Africa to northern Tanzania.

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

Least Concern

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Least Concern

Altai Snowcock

How to Tell Them Apart

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

羽毛

Brown above with pale buff shaft streaks; white below with dark brown streaking; conspicuous bare yellow throat and neck skin diagnostic; red facial skin; red legs; dark bill. Sexes similar; …

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

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

A large Phasianidae spurfowl (~632 g) of dry woodland, thornbush, and bushed grassland in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and Tanzania. Conspicuous bare yellow throat patch is diagnostic. Forms large noisy groups at dusk. Feeds on seeds, roots, fruits, and invertebrates. Common in arid East Africa; Least Concern.

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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