Indian Peafowl vs Chestnut-throated Partridge

Pavo cristatus 비교 대상 Tetraophasis obscurus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Indian Peafowl Chestnut-throated Partridge
학명 Pavo cristatus Tetraophasis obscurus
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) 41.2 cm (16.2 in)
체중 5000.0 g (176.37 oz) 832.6666666666666 g (29.37 oz)
식성 Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Eats berries, seeds, leaves, moss, and invertebrates in Tibetan plateau scrub and rocky alpine meadows. …
산란 수 3-8 3-5
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Indian Peafowl 195.0 cm
Chestnut-throated Partridge
날개 폭
Indian Peafowl 160.0 cm
Chestnut-throated Partridge 41.2 cm
체중
Indian Peafowl 5000.0 g
Chestnut-throated Partridge 832.6666666666666 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Indian Peafowl only

없음

Chestnut-throated Partridge 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.

Chestnut-throated Partridge

노래

Harsh, cackling 'kak-kak-kak-kerrr' calls from Sichuan subalpine scrub; alarm note a loud single 'KRAK'. Sings in accelerating bursts of clucking then pauses; territorial calls carry widely.

Geographic Range & Migration

Indian Peafowl

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

Chestnut-throated Partridge

Endemic to the mountains of central Sichuan, China, at 2,500-4,000 m. Found in rhododendron and mixed coniferous-broadleaf forest.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Indian Peafowl

Least Concern

Chestnut-throated 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

Chestnut-throated Partridge

깃털

Grey above finely vermiculated; throat and upper breast chestnut; lower breast grey; flanks chestnut with white shaft-streaks; bare red facial skin; tail chestnut. Chestnut throat contrasts with grey body.

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.

Chestnut-throated Partridge

수염 꿩닭은 중국 쓰촨성과 윈난성의 고산 침엽수림에 서식하는 중형 꿩류입니다. 회갈색 깃털과 짧은 꼬리를 가지며, 수컷은 특징적인 붉은색 얼굴 피부를 가집니다.

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