White-tailed Ptarmigan vs Crested Partridge

Lagopus leucura 비교 대상 Rollulus rouloul

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 White-tailed Ptarmigan Crested Partridge
학명 Lagopus leucura Rollulus rouloul
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Vulnerable
체장
날개 폭 34.6 cm (13.6 in) 27.2 cm (10.7 in)
체중 361.8 g (12.76 oz) 250.5 g (8.84 oz)
식성 Eats alpine willow and heather buds and leaves; switches to berries and insects in summer. … Forages on floor of Southeast Asian lowland rainforests for seeds, fallen fruits, and invertebrates. Scratches …
산란 수 2-9 4-6
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

White-tailed Ptarmigan only

없음

Crested Partridge only

Song & Call Comparison

White-tailed Ptarmigan

노래

Soft, chicken-like clucking 'ko-ko-ko'; quiet relative to other ptarmigan. Alarm is a sharp 'kek' series. Males give low, croaking calls on alpine tundra at dawn. Flock contact is muted burbling.

Crested Partridge

노래

High-pitched, thin whistled 'seee' repeated persistently; metallic and insect-like. Males call from forest floor, rarely seen. Alarm is an explosive low grunt followed by rapid wing beats.

Geographic Range & Migration

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Breeds in alpine tundra from Alaska south through the Rockies to New Mexico. Largely resident, descending to lower elevations in winter.

Crested Partridge

Resident in lowland and foothill rainforest of Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo. Found below 1,500 m.

보전 상태

Least Concern

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Vulnerable

Crested Partridge

How to Tell Them Apart

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Crested Partridge

깃털

Male is dark glossy green-black with vivid red-crimson erectile crest; red orbital skin; chestnut wings. Female is entirely bright emerald green with brown wings, red legs, and grey head; among …

About These Birds

White-tailed Ptarmigan

흰꼬리뇨조는 북아메리카 록키 산맥 고산 지대에 서식하는 뇌조 종류이다. 일 년 내내 하얀 꼬리를 유지하며 겨울에는 전체가 흰색으로 변한다. 고산의 탁 트인 바위 지대와 알파인 초원에서 식물 새싹과 열매를 먹는다.

Crested Partridge

A small partridge (~250 g) of family Phasianidae, males with vivid crimson crest and iridescent green plumage. Found in lowland tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia including Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo. Forages on the forest floor for fallen seeds, fruits, and invertebrates. Vulnerable; dependent on primary lowland forest, heavily impacted by deforestation and palm oil expansion.

More Birds to Explore

Explore the Nature FYI Family