Hill Partridge vs Black Grouse

Arborophila torqueola 비교 대상 Lyrurus tetrix

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Hill Partridge Black Grouse
학명 Arborophila torqueola Lyrurus tetrix
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 27.3 cm (10.7 in) 48.1 cm (18.9 in)
체중 342.0 g (12.06 oz) 1262.5 g (44.53 oz)
식성 Forages on Himalayan forest floor for seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits. Scratches leaf litter in … Feeds on buds, catkins, and shoots of birch and other trees; berries and invertebrates are …
산란 수 3-9 6-11
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Hill Partridge only

없음

Black Grouse only

Song & Call Comparison

Hill Partridge

노래

Repeated melodic whistle 'wi-WHEEEOO' rising and falling; pairs often duet. Males sing from hillside undergrowth at dawn. Alarm is a sharp, emphatic 'kek' or staccato clucking.

Black Grouse

노래

Males on lek produce liquid bubbling 'roo-oo-oo' cooing and explosive 'choo-ESH' sneeze calls; haunting at misty dawn. Alarm is harsh cacking. Display carries across moorland and bogs.

Geographic Range & Migration

Hill Partridge

Resident in the Himalayas and hills of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and southern China at 1,000-3,500 m. Found in oak and rhododendron forest.

Black Grouse

Resident of moorland, bogs, and forest edge across northern and central Eurasia, from Britain east to Siberia and Kazakhstan.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Hill Partridge

Least Concern

Black Grouse

How to Tell Them Apart

Hill Partridge

깃털

Male has orange-rufous face, white-spotted black throat collar, grey breast, and chestnut flanks streaked white on dark brown back. Female has brown face with buff streaking, less vivid collar.

Black Grouse

깃털

Male blue-black with iridescent purple-blue gloss; bold white wing bar; white undertail coverts contrast with black lyre-shaped tail; red wattles above eye. Female mottled tawny-brown with faint barring.

About These Birds

Hill Partridge

꿩과에 속하는 중간 크기의 자고새(약 340g)로, 붉은색·검은색·흰색의 복잡한 무늬와 오렌지빛 붉은 머리가 특징입니다. 파키스탄에서 중국 남서부까지 히말라야 지역의 아열대 및 산지 활엽수림과 대나무 덤불에 서식합니다. 숲 바닥에서 씨앗, 열매, 무척추동물을 먹습니다. 히말라야 산기슭에 흔히 서식하는 관심대상 종입니다.

Black Grouse

A medium-large Phasianidae grouse (~1.26 kg) of Eurasian moorlands and forest edges. Males are glossy blue-black with lyre-shaped tails used in communal lek displays on frost-covered arenas. Females are cryptically brown. Omnivorous; diet includes berries, buds, and invertebrates. Least Concern.

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