Indian Peafowl vs Whyte's Francolin

Pavo cristatus 비교 대상 Scleroptila whytei

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Indian Peafowl Whyte's Francolin
학명 Pavo cristatus Scleroptila whytei
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) 32.8 cm (12.9 in)
체중 5000.0 g (176.37 oz) 488.0 g (17.21 oz)
식성 Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Forages for seeds, invertebrates, and plant material in miombo woodland and grassland of central Africa.
산란 수 3-8 4-6
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Indian Peafowl 195.0 cm
Whyte's Francolin
날개 폭
Indian Peafowl 160.0 cm
Whyte's Francolin 32.8 cm
체중
Indian Peafowl 5000.0 g
Whyte's Francolin 488.0 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Indian Peafowl only

Whyte's Francolin 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.

Whyte's Francolin

노래

Loud 'krak-KRAK-kra' calls from C-SE African miombo woodland; sharp and penetrating. Alarm is rapid cackle. Pairs call from termite mound or rock perches at dawn. Miombo woodland specialist.

Geographic Range & Migration

Indian Peafowl

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

Whyte's Francolin

Resident of miombo woodland, scrub, and rocky hillsides in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and adjacent Tanzania and Mozambique.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Indian Peafowl

Least Concern

Whyte's Francolin

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

Whyte's Francolin

깃털

Brown above with buff streaking; pale buff underparts with brown lateral streaking; white throat; rufous wing panel in flight; yellow-orange bill; red legs. Closely resembles Red-winged Francolin; central African range.

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.

Whyte's Francolin

A medium Phasianidae francolin (~488 g) of rocky hillsides, miombo woodland, and brachystegia scrub in Malawi, Zambia, and adjacent countries. Broadly similar to Shelley's Francolin but range largely allopatric. Feeds on seeds and invertebrates on the ground. Least Concern in its central-African highland range.

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