See-see Partridge vs Ahanta Spurfowl

Ammoperdix griseogularis 비교 대상 Pternistis ahantensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 See-see Partridge Ahanta Spurfowl
학명 Ammoperdix griseogularis Pternistis ahantensis
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 25.2 cm (9.9 in) 34.6 cm (13.6 in)
체중 203.0 g (7.16 oz) 547.5 g (19.31 oz)
식성 Eats seeds, plant shoots, and invertebrates in arid rocky terrain of Central Asia; relies on … Feeds on seeds, invertebrates, and plant matter in West African lowland forest and thicket.
산란 수 5-16 3-12
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

See-see Partridge only

Ahanta Spurfowl only

Song & Call Comparison

See-see Partridge

노래

Loud 'see-see-see' whistle giving rise to common name; soft, penetrating, and repeated. Middle Eastern rocky terrain species. Alarm is rapid staccato 'kek'. Contact calls between pair low clucking.

Ahanta Spurfowl

노래

Loud, staccato 'krak-krak-KRAAK' from W African forest edge; slightly higher than larger spurfowl. Alarm is rapid explosive cackling. Pairs call in loose synchrony at dawn in secondary growth.

Geographic Range & Migration

See-see Partridge

Resident of arid rocky hillsides and desert scrub from southeastern Iran and Afghanistan west through Pakistan to Oman and the Arabian Peninsula.

Ahanta Spurfowl

Resident of dense lowland and coastal forest in West Africa from Ghana to Cameroon; also found in Bioko Island.

보전 상태

Least Concern

See-see Partridge

Least Concern

Ahanta Spurfowl

How to Tell Them Apart

See-see Partridge

깃털

Male sandy-grey with bold black and white lateral head stripes; chestnut and white barred flanks; grey upperparts; white underparts. Female plain sandy-buff with faint barring; lacks bold head pattern of …

Ahanta Spurfowl

깃털

Dark brown above with pale buff shaft streaks; whitish below with dark brown streaking; red bill; red orbital skin; yellow legs. Sexes similar; closely resembles Double-spurred Spurfowl; West African forests.

About These Birds

See-see Partridge

시나이에서 아프가니스탄까지 건조 바위 사막과 돌이 많은 언덕에 서식하는 작은 꿩과(Phasianidae) 자고새(약 203g). 모래색 깃털에 줄무늬 측면과 흰 뺨이 특징이다. 씨앗과 식물 재료를 먹는다.

Ahanta Spurfowl

A medium Phasianidae spurfowl (~548 g) of lowland and secondary forest edges in West Africa from Ivory Coast to Nigeria. Dark brown streaked white; red orbital skin. Forages on the ground in pairs or small groups for seeds, berries, and invertebrates. Tolerates forest fragments; Least Concern.

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