White-tailed Ptarmigan vs Altai Snowcock

Lagopus leucura 비교 대상 Tetraogallus altaicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 White-tailed Ptarmigan Altai Snowcock
학명 Lagopus leucura Tetraogallus altaicus
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 34.6 cm (13.6 in) 56.9 cm (22.4 in)
체중 361.8 g (12.76 oz) 2770.0 g (97.71 oz)
식성 Eats alpine willow and heather buds and leaves; switches to berries and insects in summer. … Feeds on alpine grasses, seeds, berries, and shoots; digs for roots and bulbs in Altai …
산란 수 2-9 4-15
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

White-tailed Ptarmigan only

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Altai Snowcock only

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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.

Altai Snowcock

노래

Loud, ringing whistled 'whi-WHEEE' echoing across Altai alpine slopes; deeper than Tibetan Snowcock due to larger size. Alarm is rapid barking. Calls at dawn from rocky ridgelines.

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.

Altai Snowcock

Resident of alpine rocky slopes and grassy hillsides in the Altai and Sayan mountains of Russia, Kazakhstan, and western Mongolia, at 2,000–4,000 m.

보전 상태

Least Concern

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Least Concern

Altai Snowcock

How to Tell Them Apart

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Altai Snowcock

깃털

Largest snowcock; grey-brown upperparts with buff streaks; white underparts with grey breast; rufous necklace streaks on lower neck; white outer tail in flight; whitish face with dark ear patch. Sexes …

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.

Altai Snowcock

알타이 눈꿩은 알타이-사얀 산맥의 고산 지대에 서식하는 대형 자고새류입니다. 회색빛 갈색 깃털에 흰색 무늬가 있으며, 4,000m 이상의 험준한 고산 초원과 암석 지대에 적응하여 생활합니다.

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