Indian Peafowl vs Red-billed Spurfowl

Pavo cristatus 비교 대상 Pternistis adspersus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Indian Peafowl Red-billed Spurfowl
학명 Pavo cristatus Pternistis adspersus
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) 33.8 cm (13.3 in)
체중 5000.0 g (176.37 oz) 466.0 g (16.44 oz)
식성 Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Omnivorous; feeds on seeds, berries, bulbs, invertebrates, and small animals in southern African savanna.
산란 수 3-8 4-10
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Indian Peafowl 195.0 cm
Red-billed Spurfowl
날개 폭
Indian Peafowl 160.0 cm
Red-billed Spurfowl 33.8 cm
체중
Indian Peafowl 5000.0 g
Red-billed Spurfowl 466.0 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Indian Peafowl only

Red-billed Spurfowl only

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.

Red-billed Spurfowl

노래

Loud, rasping 'krak-krak-KRAAK' calls from S African thorn scrub; slightly nasal quality. Red bill visible when calling. Alarm is explosive cackle. Pairs call in antiphonal duet at dawn.

Geographic Range & Migration

Indian Peafowl

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

Red-billed Spurfowl

Resident of dry woodland, savanna, and scrub in Botswana, Namibia, and adjacent South Africa and Zimbabwe.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Indian Peafowl

Least Concern

Red-billed Spurfowl

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

Red-billed Spurfowl

깃털

Finely vermiculated brown and buff overall; pale buff underparts with dark brown blotching; conspicuous red bill; yellow orbital skin; yellow legs. Sexes similar; lacks streaked plumage of many spurfowl.

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.

Red-billed Spurfowl

A medium Phasianidae spurfowl (~466 g) of dry woodland, thornbush, and savanna in southern Africa from Angola to South Africa. Diagnostic red bill and yellow orbital ring. Pairs or small groups forage on seeds, bulbs, and invertebrates. Frequently encountered at waterholes in arid regions. Least Concern.

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