White-faced Partridge vs Ahanta Spurfowl

Arborophila orientalis 비교 대상 Pternistis ahantensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 White-faced Partridge Ahanta Spurfowl
학명 Arborophila orientalis Pternistis ahantensis
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
보전 상태 Vulnerable Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 28.5 cm (11.2 in) 34.6 cm (13.6 in)
체중 310.5 g (10.95 oz) 547.5 g (19.31 oz)
식성 Eats seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits on floor of East Javan and Balinese montane forests. … Feeds on seeds, invertebrates, and plant matter in West African lowland forest and thicket.
산란 수 2-4 3-12
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

White-faced Partridge only

없음

Ahanta Spurfowl only

Song & Call Comparison

White-faced Partridge

노래

Rising 'wheee-oo' whistle with clean, flute-like quality; calls from E Java mountains at dusk and dawn. Alarm produces sharp abrupt chips. Covey contact maintained with low rolling clucks.

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

White-faced Partridge

Endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands of eastern Java, Bali, and Lombok. Found in montane and lowland forest.

Ahanta Spurfowl

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

보전 상태

Vulnerable

White-faced Partridge

Least Concern

Ahanta Spurfowl

How to Tell Them Apart

White-faced Partridge

깃털

Brown above; face and throat strikingly white contrasting with dark crown and neck; breast grey; flanks olive-grey streaked white; bare reddish eye-ring; extensive white on face is immediately distinctive.

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

White-faced Partridge

회색 가슴 자고새는 자바 섬의 중간과 동부 산지에만 서식하는 고유종입니다. 회색 가슴과 줄무늬 얼굴 패턴이 특징이며, 고지대 산림 지대에서 생활합니다.

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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