Indian Peafowl vs Bornean Peacock-Pheasant

Pavo cristatus 비교 대상 Polyplectron schleiermacheri

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Indian Peafowl Bornean Peacock-Pheasant
학명 Pavo cristatus Polyplectron schleiermacheri
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Endangered
체장 195.0 cm (76.8 in)
날개 폭 160.0 cm (63.0 in) 37.4 cm (14.7 in)
체중 5000.0 g (176.37 oz) 512.0 g (18.06 oz)
식성 Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Ground forager in Bornean lowland forest; eats seeds, fruits, invertebrates, and small animals.
산란 수 3-8 1
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Indian Peafowl 195.0 cm
Bornean Peacock-Pheasant
날개 폭
Indian Peafowl 160.0 cm
Bornean Peacock-Pheasant 37.4 cm
체중
Indian Peafowl 5000.0 g
Bornean Peacock-Pheasant 512.0 g
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Indian Peafowl only

없음

Bornean Peacock-Pheasant only

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.

Bornean Peacock-Pheasant

노래

Soft, plaintive 'kwii-kwii' whistle; rarely heard from Bornean lowland peat swamp. Poorly documented vocally. Alarm presumably a sharp 'kek'. Males produce soft calls during ocellated tail display.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Indian Peafowl

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

Bornean Peacock-Pheasant

Endemic to Borneo; resident of lowland and hill forest in Sabah, Sarawak, and Kalimantan; one of the rarest pheasants.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Indian Peafowl

Endangered

Bornean Peacock-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

Bornean Peacock-Pheasant

깃털

Male brown with dense small iridescent blue-green ocelli across wings and tail; reddish-pink orbital skin; white speckled face. Female similar but smaller; ocelli reduced and duller; brown overall.

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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.

Bornean Peacock-Pheasant

One of the rarest Phasianidae pheasants (~512 g), endemic to lowland primary forests of Borneo. Males have brown plumage densely patterned with iridescent blue-green ocelli. Rarely observed; forages on seeds and invertebrates. Endangered due to rapid destruction of Bornean lowland forest; few confirmed recent records.

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