White Eared-pheasant vs Altai Snowcock

Crossoptilon crossoptilon 비교 대상 Tetraogallus altaicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 White Eared-pheasant Altai Snowcock
학명 Crossoptilon crossoptilon Tetraogallus altaicus
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 62.5 cm (24.6 in) 56.9 cm (22.4 in)
체중 2137.5 g (75.40 oz) 2770.0 g (97.71 oz)
식성 -- Feeds on alpine grasses, seeds, berries, and shoots; digs for roots and bulbs in Altai …
산란 수 4-7 4-15
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

White Eared-pheasant only

Altai Snowcock only

Song & Call Comparison

White Eared-pheasant

노래

Loud, raucous 'gak-gak-GAAK' crows; harsh and cackling, audible across Sichuan mountain forest. Flock calls noisy and sustained. Alarm is rapid loud honking; contact clucks are guttural and low.

Altai Snowcock

노래

Loud, ringing whistled 'whi-WHEEE' echoing across Altai alpine slopes; deeper than Tibetan Snowcock due to larger size. Alarm is rapid barking. Calls at dawn from rocky ridgelines.

Geographic Range & Migration

White Eared-pheasant

Altai Snowcock

Resident of alpine rocky slopes and grassy hillsides in the Altai and Sayan mountains of Russia, Kazakhstan, and western Mongolia, at 2,000–4,000 m.

보전 상태

Least Concern

White Eared-pheasant

Least Concern

Altai Snowcock

How to Tell Them Apart

White Eared-pheasant

깃털

Predominantly white with black crown and glossy blue-black tail; brownish flight feathers; white ear tufts; red facial skin and legs. Among the whitest of pheasants; sexes nearly identical in plumage.

Altai Snowcock

깃털

Largest snowcock; grey-brown upperparts with buff streaks; white underparts with grey breast; rufous necklace streaks on lower neck; white outer tail in flight; whitish face with dark ear patch. Sexes …

About These Birds

White Eared-pheasant

Phasianidae과의 크고 사회적인 꿩(약 2.14kg)으로 중국 서부와 중부의 고지 침엽수림과 혼합림에 서식한다. 수컷과 암컷 모두 흰 깃털을 가진다.

Altai Snowcock

알타이 눈꿩은 알타이-사얀 산맥의 고산 지대에 서식하는 대형 자고새류입니다. 회색빛 갈색 깃털에 흰색 무늬가 있으며, 4,000m 이상의 험준한 고산 초원과 암석 지대에 적응하여 생활합니다.

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