Indian Peafowl vs Long-billed Partridge

Pavo cristatus 비교 대상 Rhizothera longirostris

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Indian Peafowl Long-billed Partridge
학명 Pavo cristatus Rhizothera longirostris
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Near Threatened
체장 195.0 cm (76.8 in)
날개 폭 160.0 cm (63.0 in) 36.9 cm (14.5 in)
체중 5000.0 g (176.37 oz) 748.5 g (26.40 oz)
식성 Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Forages in lowland rainforest for seeds, fallen fruit, invertebrates, and small animals; probes leaf litter …
산란 수 3-8 2-5
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Indian Peafowl 195.0 cm
Long-billed Partridge
날개 폭
Indian Peafowl 160.0 cm
Long-billed Partridge 36.9 cm
체중
Indian Peafowl 5000.0 g
Long-billed Partridge 748.5 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Indian Peafowl only

없음

Long-billed Partridge 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.

Long-billed Partridge

노래

Loud, resonant 'whurr-WHEEE' whistle from Bornean lowland forest; far-carrying and slightly mournful. Alarm is a rapid chattering cackle. Contact calls between pairs are low, guttural clucks.

Geographic Range & Migration

Indian Peafowl

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

Long-billed Partridge

Resident of lowland and hill dipterocarp forest in peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo up to 900 m elevation.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Indian Peafowl

Near Threatened

Long-billed Partridge

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

Long-billed Partridge

깃털

Rich chestnut-brown upperparts with black scalloping; pale grey face and throat; buff-white underparts with dark brown streaking on flanks; distinctive elongated pale yellow bill and red orbital skin.

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.

Long-billed Partridge

A distinctive Phasianidae partridge (~749 g) of lowland and foothill rainforests in Sundaland. Named for its notably elongated bill used to probe leaf litter for invertebrates and seeds. Secretive and seldom seen; Near Threatened from deforestation across Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.

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