Indian Peafowl vs Grey Peacock-Pheasant

Pavo cristatus 비교 대상 Polyplectron bicalcaratum

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Indian Peafowl Grey Peacock-Pheasant
학명 Pavo cristatus Polyplectron bicalcaratum
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) 40.2 cm (15.8 in)
체중 5000.0 g (176.37 oz) 479.75 g (16.92 oz)
식성 Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Omnivorous forest floor forager; takes seeds, fruits, invertebrates, and small vertebrates in mainland SE Asia.
산란 수 3-8 2-5
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Indian Peafowl 195.0 cm
Grey Peacock-Pheasant
날개 폭
Indian Peafowl 160.0 cm
Grey Peacock-Pheasant 40.2 cm
체중
Indian Peafowl 5000.0 g
Grey Peacock-Pheasant 479.75 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Indian Peafowl only

없음

Grey Peacock-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.

Grey Peacock-Pheasant

노래

Loud, penetrating 'kow-WEE' whistle; most vocal of peacock-pheasants, ringing through SE Asian forest. Male calls while displaying ocellated tail. Alarm is sharp 'kak'. Heard at dawn and dusk.

Geographic Range & Migration

Indian Peafowl

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

Grey Peacock-Pheasant

Resident of hill and montane forest from northeastern India and Bangladesh east through Myanmar to southern China and mainland Southeast Asia.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Indian Peafowl

Least Concern

Grey Peacock-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

Grey Peacock-Pheasant

깃털

Grey-brown with buff-white shaft streaks and dark vermiculations; large oval iridescent green and purple ocelli on wing coverts and tail; white-scaled face; yellow orbital skin. Female similar but smaller ocelli.

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.

Grey Peacock-Pheasant

The most widespread Polyplectron peacock-pheasant (~480 g), inhabiting forest understorey from northeastern India through mainland Southeast Asia. Males are grey-brown peppered with violet-green ocelli. Forages on the ground for seeds, invertebrates, and small reptiles. Tolerates secondary forest; Least Concern.

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