Altai Snowcock vs Sabah Partridge

Tetraogallus altaicus 比較対象 Tropicoperdix graydoni

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Altai Snowcock Sabah Partridge
学名 Tetraogallus altaicus Tropicoperdix graydoni
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
保全状況 Least Concern Near Threatened
体長
翼開長 56.9 cm (22.4 in)
体重 2770.0 g (97.71 oz)
食性 Feeds on alpine grasses, seeds, berries, and shoots; digs for roots and bulbs in Altai … Feeds on seeds, fruits, and invertebrates in Sabah forest; poorly known diet inferred from related …
一腹卵数 4-15 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Altai Snowcock only

Sabah Partridge only

Song & Call Comparison

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.

Sabah Partridge

さえずり

Whistled 'wheee-oo' call from Sabah lowland forest; similar to Chestnut-necklaced Partridge but considered distinct. Very poorly known vocally. Alarm presumably sharp 'kek'; contact clucking low.

Geographic Range & Migration

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.

Sabah Partridge

Endemic to Sabah, Borneo (Malaysia); resident of submontane and montane forest above 900 m.

保全状況

Least Concern

Altai Snowcock

Near Threatened

Sabah Partridge

How to Tell Them Apart

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 …

Sabah Partridge

羽毛

Brown upperparts with dusky vermiculations; white supercilium; buffy-orange underparts; chestnut patch on breast less pronounced than in Chestnut-necklaced Partridge; greenish-grey legs; restricted to Borneo.

About These Birds

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。

Sabah Partridge

A little-studied Phasianidae partridge endemic to forests of Sabah and adjacent northeastern Borneo. Formerly lumped with the Chestnut-necklaced Partridge; recently elevated to full species status. Biology poorly known; presumed to forage on seeds and invertebrates in lowland forest. Near Threatened.

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