Indian Peafowl vs Crested Francolin

Pavo cristatus 비교 대상 Ortygornis sephaena

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Indian Peafowl Crested Francolin
학명 Pavo cristatus Ortygornis sephaena
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장 195.0 cm (76.8 in)
날개 폭 160.0 cm (63.0 in)
체중 5000.0 g (176.37 oz) 336.75 g (11.88 oz)
식성 Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Omnivorous; eats seeds, berries, invertebrates, and small animals in African savanna and dry scrub.
산란 수 3-8 3-9
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Indian Peafowl 195.0 cm
Crested Francolin
날개 폭
Indian Peafowl 160.0 cm
Crested Francolin
체중
Indian Peafowl 5000.0 g
Crested Francolin 336.75 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Indian Peafowl only

없음

Crested Francolin 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.

Crested Francolin

노래

Loud, insistent 'beer-and-cognac' or 'krrrr-KI-KI' calls repeated incessantly at dawn; African savanna species. Alarm is rapid cackling when flushed. Often runs with cocked tail before taking flight.

Geographic Range & Migration

Indian Peafowl

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

Crested Francolin

Resident of dry acacia scrub, woodland, and savanna from Ethiopia and Kenya south to South Africa and west to Senegal.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Indian Peafowl

Least Concern

Crested Francolin

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

Crested Francolin

깃털

Dark brown above with buff shaft streaks; white below with dense dark brown streaking; dark brown cap with slight crest often held raised; white supercilium; rufous tail; red legs. Sexes …

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.

Crested Francolin

A small Phasianidae francolin (~337 g) of thornbush, riverine thickets, and dry woodland across sub-Saharan East and southern Africa. Named for the male's distinctive raised crest. Loud, repetitive calls at dusk are characteristic. Feeds on seeds, tubers, and invertebrates. Common in suitable scrubby habitat; Least Concern.

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