Indian Peafowl vs Udzungwa Forest-partridge

Pavo cristatus 비교 대상 Xenoperdix udzungwensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Indian Peafowl Udzungwa Forest-partridge
학명 Pavo cristatus Xenoperdix udzungwensis
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Endangered
체장 195.0 cm (76.8 in)
날개 폭 160.0 cm (63.0 in) 28.8 cm (11.3 in)
체중 5000.0 g (176.37 oz) 207.25 g (7.31 oz)
식성 Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in … Forages on floor of Udzungwa Tanzanian montane forest for seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits. Critically …
산란 수 3-8 3
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Indian Peafowl 195.0 cm
Udzungwa Forest-partridge
날개 폭
Indian Peafowl 160.0 cm
Udzungwa Forest-partridge 28.8 cm
체중
Indian Peafowl 5000.0 g
Udzungwa Forest-partridge 207.25 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Indian Peafowl only

없음

Udzungwa Forest-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.

Udzungwa Forest-partridge

노래

Loud, clear whistled 'wheee-oo' calls from montane forest floor; haunting and infrequently heard. Alarm is a sharp explosive 'kek'; poorly known due to rarity in Udzungwa Mountains.

Geographic Range & Migration

Indian Peafowl

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

Udzungwa Forest-partridge

Endemic to the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania. Found in montane forest at 1,000-2,000 m. Very poorly known; only two specimens collected.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Indian Peafowl

Endangered

Udzungwa Forest-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

Udzungwa Forest-partridge

깃털

Brown above with fine black streaking and white shaft-streaks; red legs and bill; underparts paler buff-brown with dark-edged feathers creating scaled pattern; bare red facial skin around eye.

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.

Udzungwa Forest-partridge

A small partridge (~205 g) of family Phasianidae, with brown-streaked plumage and red legs. Endemic to the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, restricted to Udzungwa and Rubeho mountain forests above 1,300 m. Forages on the forest floor for seeds and invertebrates. Endangered; one of Africa's rarest birds, confined to a tiny forest area threatened by agricultural encroachment and logging.

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