Dusky Grouse vs Altai Snowcock

Dendragapus obscurus 비교 대상 Tetraogallus altaicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Dusky Grouse Altai Snowcock
학명 Dendragapus obscurus Tetraogallus altaicus
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 45.3 cm (17.8 in) 56.9 cm (22.4 in)
체중 1118.0 g (39.44 oz) 2770.0 g (97.71 oz)
식성 Eats conifer needles, especially fir and pine, in winter; berries, leaves, and invertebrates in summer. … Feeds on alpine grasses, seeds, berries, and shoots; digs for roots and bulbs in Altai …
산란 수 4-10 4-15
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Dusky Grouse only

Altai Snowcock only

없음

Song & Call Comparison

Dusky Grouse

노래

Low, deep hooting 'hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo' by males from conifer branches; ventriloquial and owl-like. Alarm is a sharp series of 'kuk-kuk' clucks. Female produces soft clucking contact notes.

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

Dusky Grouse

Resident in the Rocky Mountains and coastal ranges of western North America from British Columbia south to New Mexico at 1,000-3,500 m.

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

Dusky Grouse

Least Concern

Altai Snowcock

How to Tell Them Apart

Dusky Grouse

깃털

Male dark greyish-brown overall; pale grey tail with broad grey terminal band; yellow-orange eye-comb; bare yellow-purple neck air sacs visible in display. Female mottled brown and buff with darker barring.

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

Dusky Grouse

약 1.1kg의 Phasianidae 과 대형 뇌조로 수컷은 노란-주황색 눈 볏과 부풀릴 수 있는 보라색 목 주머니를 가진 어두운 회색 깃털. 브리티시컬럼비아에서 뉴멕시코까지 로키 산맥의 산지 침엽수림에 서식. 겨울에는 침엽수 잎, 여름에는 장과류와 곤충을 먹는다. 수직 이동을 한다. 최소 관심; 북아메리카 서부 산지림에서 흔하다.

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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