Harlequin Quail vs Ahanta Spurfowl

Coturnix delegorguei 비교 대상 Pternistis ahantensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Harlequin Quail Ahanta Spurfowl
학명 Coturnix delegorguei Pternistis ahantensis
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 18.1 cm (7.1 in) 34.6 cm (13.6 in)
체중 75.64 g (2.67 oz) 547.5 g (19.31 oz)
식성 Eats seeds, grain, and invertebrates in African and Arabian grassland; nomadic, tracking rainfall and food … Feeds on seeds, invertebrates, and plant matter in West African lowland forest and thicket.
산란 수 4-8 3-12
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Harlequin Quail only

Ahanta Spurfowl only

Song & Call Comparison

Harlequin Quail

노래

Rapid, emphatic 'weet-weet-weet' call; faster and more staccato than Common Quail. Sub-Saharan African grassland species. Alarm is a soft 'pip'. Calls persistently at dawn and dusk from dense grass.

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

Harlequin Quail

Breeds in open grassland and savanna from sub-Saharan Africa to India; intra-African and partial migrant depending on rainfall.

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

Harlequin Quail

Least Concern

Ahanta Spurfowl

How to Tell Them Apart

Harlequin Quail

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

Harlequin Quail

Phasianidae과의 작고 유목적인 메추라기(약 76g)로 사하라 이남 아프리카의 열린 풀밭과 경작지에 서식한다. 수컷은 뚜렷한 갈색과 흰색 목 무늬가 있다. 씨앗과 곤충을 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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