Long-tailed Wood-partridge vs Nahan's Partridge

Dendrortyx macroura 비교 대상 Ptilopachus nahani

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Long-tailed Wood-partridge Nahan's Partridge
학명 Dendrortyx macroura Ptilopachus nahani
Galliformes Galliformes
Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
보전 상태 Least Concern Vulnerable
체장
날개 폭 33.0 cm (13.0 in) 26.8 cm (10.6 in)
체중 386.5 g (13.63 oz) 278.5 g (9.82 oz)
식성 Omnivorous; eats seeds, invertebrates, tubers, and small fruits in Mexican highland pine-oak forests. Scratches ground … Forages in Ugandan and Congolese rainforest understorey for invertebrates and seeds. Little-studied; diet poorly documented.
산란 수 4-6 4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Long-tailed Wood-partridge only

없음

Nahan's Partridge only

없음

Song & Call Comparison

Long-tailed Wood-partridge

노래

Produces a loud, resonant oo-oo-oo hooting series; calls are lower-pitched than Buffy-crowned. The deep, carrying hoots echo through Mexican mountain forest and pine-oak woodland.

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

Long-tailed Wood-partridge

Endemic to the mountains of central Mexico from Jalisco to Oaxaca. Found at 1,500-3,000 m in pine-oak and cloud forest.

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

Long-tailed Wood-partridge

Vulnerable

Nahan's Partridge

How to Tell Them Apart

Long-tailed Wood-partridge

깃털

Rufous-brown above with black streaking; grey head with black-and-white facial streaks; exceptionally long rufous tail; underparts grey streaked black; longest tail of any wood-partridge.

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

Long-tailed Wood-partridge

약 385g의 Odontophoridae 과 중형 신세계 메추라기로 긴 꼬리가 근연종과 구별된다. 멕시코 고지림 고유종으로 해발 1,500m 이상의 운무림·소나무-참나무 삼림·습윤 산지림에 서식. 삼림 바닥에서 씨앗·식물질·곤충을 먹는다. 최소 관심; 멕시코 산지에 제한되지만 적합 서식지에서 흔하다.

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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