Indian Peafowl vs Vietnam Pheasant

Pavo cristatus 비교 대상 Lophura edwardsi

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Indian Peafowl Vietnam Pheasant
학명 Pavo cristatus Lophura edwardsi
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Not Evaluated
체장 195.0 cm (76.8 in)
날개 폭 160.0 cm (63.0 in) 42.1 cm (16.6 in)
체중 5000.0 g (176.37 oz) 1088.3333333333333 g (38.39 oz)
식성 Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Forages on seeds, fruits, invertebrates, and small animals in Vietnamese lowland forest; scratches leaf litter.
산란 수 3-8 4-7
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Indian Peafowl 195.0 cm
Vietnam Pheasant
날개 폭
Indian Peafowl 160.0 cm
Vietnam Pheasant 42.1 cm
체중
Indian Peafowl 5000.0 g
Vietnam Pheasant 1088.3333333333333 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Indian Peafowl only

없음

Vietnam Pheasant only

없음

Indian Peafowl

Open forests, farmland, and areas near water in the Indian subcontinent. Highly adaptable and common near human settlements.

Song & Call Comparison

Indian Peafowl

노래

Loud, harsh, repetitive 'may-AWE' screaming call, audible over great distances. Display calls are a mewing 'aaaow'. Peacocks call persistently at dawn and before rain.

Vietnam Pheasant

노래

Harsh, staccato 'kak-kak' crows with rasping quality; Vietnam endemic, one of world's rarest pheasants. Alarm is explosive loud cackle. Contact calls are low guttural clucks; rarely documented.

Geographic Range & Migration

Indian Peafowl

Indian subcontinent including India, Sri Lanka, and parts of Pakistan and Bangladesh. Feral populations worldwide.

Vietnam Pheasant

Critically restricted to a small area of lowland forest in central Vietnam (Ha Tinh, Quang Binh provinces); one of the world's rarest pheasants.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Indian Peafowl

Not Evaluated

Vietnam Pheasant

How to Tell Them Apart

Indian Peafowl

깃털

Males (peacocks) have iridescent blue-green plumage and an enormous train of elongated upper tail coverts with eye-spots. Females (peahens) are brown and cryptically patterned.

부리

Short, stout, greyish-horn bill

Vietnam Pheasant

깃털

Male with white crest; blue-black body; white upper back and wing coverts forming bold white saddle; red facial wattle. Female uniform reddish-brown with black-tipped feathers and some white on wing …

About These Birds

Indian Peafowl

인도공작은 인도 아대륙 원산의 화려한 큰 새로 세계에서 가장 잘 알려진 새 중 하나이다. 수컷은 수백 개의 눈 모양 무늬가 있는 극적으로 긴 꼬리 깃털을 가지며 짝 유인을 위해 부채꼴로 펼친다. 인도의 국조이며 전 세계적으로 사육되고 있다.

Vietnam Pheasant

A critically endangered Phasianidae pheasant (~1.09 kg) believed extinct in the wild in central Vietnam; surviving only in captivity. Males are white-crested with blue wattles and dark plumage. Originally inhabited lowland evergreen forest. Feeds on seeds, fruits, and invertebrates. Conservation breeding programs active.

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