Montezuma Quail vs Nahan's Partridge

Cyrtonyx montezumae 비교 대상 Ptilopachus nahani

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Montezuma Quail Nahan's Partridge
학명 Cyrtonyx montezumae Ptilopachus nahani
Galliformes Galliformes
Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
보전 상태 Least Concern Vulnerable
체장
날개 폭 24.0 cm (9.4 in) 26.8 cm (10.6 in)
체중 185.5 g (6.54 oz) 278.5 g (9.82 oz)
식성 Omnivorous; digs for bulbs, tubers, seeds, and invertebrates with its stout bill in Mexican pine-oak … Forages in Ugandan and Congolese rainforest understorey for invertebrates and seeds. Little-studied; diet poorly documented.
산란 수 2-15 4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Montezuma Quail only

Nahan's Partridge only

없음

Song & Call Comparison

Montezuma Quail

노래

Eerie, descending wavering whistle 'wheeeoo' given by male from grass; ghostly and ventriloquial. Alarm is a low nasal 'wee-wee'; flushed birds produce loud burst of wing beats.

Nahan's Partridge

노래

Produces a soft, repeated whistled call and quiet clucking series. Calls are poorly documented; this Vulnerable forest partridge is secretive on Uganda's forest floor.

Geographic Range & Migration

Montezuma Quail

Resident in the mountains of Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas at 1,400-3,000 m. Found in oak and pine-oak woodland.

Nahan's Partridge

Resident in the rainforests of Uganda and adjacent Democratic Republic of Congo. Found in lowland and foothill rainforest. Poorly known.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Montezuma Quail

Vulnerable

Nahan's Partridge

How to Tell Them Apart

Montezuma Quail

깃털

Male has harlequin black-and-white face with bold white stripes and spots; chestnut-brown body with white spots on flanks; blue-grey crest; female cryptically mottled brown with faint facial pattern.

Nahan's Partridge

깃털

Dark brown overall, finely barred and streaked buff; underparts paler brown with buff streaking; bare reddish eye-ring; tail short and rufous; sexes similar. Forest floor cryptic coloration.

About These Birds

Montezuma Quail

약 185g의 Odontophoridae 과의 소형 통통한 신세계 메추라기로 수컷은 어릿광대 무늬의 흑백 얼굴을 가진다. 애리조나·텍사스에서 온두라스까지 산지의 소나무-참나무·초원 서식지에 서식. 강한 굽은 발톱으로 구근과 괴경을 파며 채이며 먹는다. 최소 관심; 은밀하여 좀처럼 보기 어려우며 토착 묶음풀 과도 방목으로 개체수 감소 중.

Nahan's Partridge

A small partridge (~280 g) of family Odontophoridae, dark reddish-brown with black barring. Endemic to lowland primary rainforest in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Highly terrestrial, foraging on the forest floor for seeds, berries, and invertebrates. Vulnerable; requires intact primary forest and is threatened by widespread logging and agricultural conversion in Central Africa.

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