Indian Peafowl vs Buff-throated Partridge

Pavo cristatus 비교 대상 Tetraophasis szechenyii

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Indian Peafowl Buff-throated Partridge
학명 Pavo cristatus Tetraophasis szechenyii
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) 44.1 cm (17.4 in)
체중 5000.0 g (176.37 oz) 1170.0 g (41.27 oz)
식성 Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Forages on Tibetan and Sichuan alpine meadows for berries, seeds, moss, leaves, and invertebrates. Digs …
산란 수 3-8 2-5
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Indian Peafowl 195.0 cm
Buff-throated Partridge
날개 폭
Indian Peafowl 160.0 cm
Buff-throated Partridge 44.1 cm
체중
Indian Peafowl 5000.0 g
Buff-throated Partridge 1170.0 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Indian Peafowl only

없음

Buff-throated 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.

Buff-throated Partridge

노래

Repeated harsh, guttural 'churk-churk-CHURK' calls; slightly pheasant-like with raspy quality. Alpine Tibetan species; alarm is a loud single bark. Flock contact calls are low, rolling clucks.

Geographic Range & Migration

Indian Peafowl

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

Buff-throated Partridge

Endemic to mountains of Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai, and Yunnan, China at 3,000-4,500 m. Found in subalpine conifer forest and rhododendron scrub.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Indian Peafowl

Least Concern

Buff-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

Buff-throated Partridge

깃털

Grey-brown above vermiculated; throat and breast buff-white; flanks grey with white streaking; bare red facial skin; tail chestnut; larger than Chestnut-throated and with buff rather than chestnut throat.

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.

Buff-throated Partridge

라다크 꿩닭은 중국 서부 고산 지대에 서식하는 희귀한 꿩류입니다. 회갈색과 적갈색이 혼합된 깃털을 가지며, 티베트 고원의 관목 지대와 암석 경사면에서 생활합니다.

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