White-cheeked Partridge vs Indian Peafowl

Arborophila atrogularis 비교 대상 Pavo cristatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 White-cheeked Partridge Indian Peafowl
학명 Arborophila atrogularis Pavo cristatus
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장 195.0 cm (76.8 in)
날개 폭 25.8 cm (10.2 in) 160.0 cm (63.0 in)
체중 256.0 g (9.03 oz) 5000.0 g (176.37 oz)
식성 Eats seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits on floor of northeastern Indian and Myanmarese hill forests. Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in …
산란 수 3-7 3-8
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
White-cheeked Partridge
Indian Peafowl 195.0 cm
날개 폭
White-cheeked Partridge 25.8 cm
Indian Peafowl 160.0 cm
체중
White-cheeked Partridge 256.0 g
Indian Peafowl 5000.0 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

White-cheeked Partridge only

Indian Peafowl only

없음

Indian Peafowl

Open forests, farmland, and areas near water in the Indian subcontinent. Highly adaptable and common near human settlements.

Song & Call Comparison

White-cheeked Partridge

노래

Ringing 'kwee-oo-kwee' trio of whistled notes; second note lower, third rising again. Calls from NE Indian and Myanmar hillside forest. Alarm is a sharp staccato cluck series.

Indian Peafowl

노래

Loud, harsh, repetitive 'may-AWE' screaming call, audible over great distances. Display calls are a mewing 'aaaow'. Peacocks call persistently at dawn and before rain.

Geographic Range & Migration

White-cheeked Partridge

Resident in the foothills of northeastern India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar at 100-1,500 m. Found in dense lowland and foothill forest.

Indian Peafowl

Indian subcontinent including India, Sri Lanka, and parts of Pakistan and Bangladesh. Feral populations worldwide.

보전 상태

Least Concern

White-cheeked Partridge

Least Concern

Indian Peafowl

How to Tell Them Apart

White-cheeked Partridge

깃털

Brown above; cheeks white contrasting with black throat and lores; grey breast; flanks grey-brown streaked white; bare reddish eye-ring; white cheeks against black throat create distinctive facial pattern.

Indian Peafowl

깃털

Males (peacocks) have iridescent blue-green plumage and an enormous train of elongated upper tail coverts with eye-spots. Females (peahens) are brown and cryptically patterned.

부리

Short, stout, greyish-horn bill

About These Birds

White-cheeked Partridge

흰 뺨 산 메추라기는 인도 북동부와 미얀마, 중국 남서부에 서식하는 작은 새입니다. 흰 뺨과 대비되는 검은 목이 특징이며, 고지대 숲의 울창한 하층부에서 생활합니다.

Indian Peafowl

인도공작은 인도 아대륙 원산의 화려한 큰 새로 세계에서 가장 잘 알려진 새 중 하나이다. 수컷은 수백 개의 눈 모양 무늬가 있는 극적으로 긴 꼬리 깃털을 가지며 짝 유인을 위해 부채꼴로 펼친다. 인도의 국조이며 전 세계적으로 사육되고 있다.

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