Indian Peafowl vs Common Pheasant

Pavo cristatus 비교 대상 Phasianus colchicus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Indian Peafowl Common Pheasant
학명 Pavo cristatus Phasianus colchicus
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) 47.5 cm (18.7 in)
체중 5000.0 g (176.37 oz) 1463.25 g (51.61 oz)
식성 Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Highly omnivorous; eats seeds, grain, berries, roots, invertebrates, and small vertebrates; scratches and digs in …
산란 수 3-8 2-23
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Indian Peafowl 195.0 cm
Common Pheasant
날개 폭
Indian Peafowl 160.0 cm
Common Pheasant 47.5 cm
체중
Indian Peafowl 5000.0 g
Common Pheasant 1463.25 g
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Indian Peafowl only

Common Pheasant only

없음

Indian Peafowl

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

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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.

Common Pheasant

노래

Loud, explosive 'kork-KOK' crowing by males; followed by rapid wing-beating. Far-carrying across farmland. Alarm is a cackling rattle; females give soft 'ti-ti' contact notes.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Indian Peafowl

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

Common Pheasant

Native from the Caucasus east through central Asia to China and Korea; introduced and widespread across Europe, North America, and Australasia.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Indian Peafowl

Least Concern

Common Pheasant

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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

Common Pheasant

깃털

Male rich chestnut and golden-buff with dark scale-like markings; iridescent bottle-green head with red facial wattle; often white neck-ring; long barred tail. Female cryptically mottled pale brown and buff.

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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.

Common Pheasant

꿩은 아시아가 원산지이나 전 세계에 사냥 목적으로 도입된 가장 널리 분포하는 꿩과 새입니다. 수컷은 이리디슨트 청동색 깃털에 붉은 얼굴 두꺼비살을 가집니다. 농경지, 숲 가장자리, 관목지에 서식합니다.

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