Green Pheasant vs Ahanta Spurfowl

Phasianus versicolor 비교 대상 Pternistis ahantensis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Green Pheasant Ahanta Spurfowl
학명 Phasianus versicolor Pternistis ahantensis
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 44.1 cm (17.4 in) 34.6 cm (13.6 in)
체중 990.5 g (34.94 oz) 547.5 g (19.31 oz)
식성 Feeds on seeds, grain, berries, roots, and invertebrates; forages in farmland, grassland, and woodland edges. Feeds on seeds, invertebrates, and plant matter in West African lowland forest and thicket.
산란 수 6-12 3-12
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Green Pheasant only

없음

Ahanta Spurfowl only

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Song & Call Comparison

Green Pheasant

노래

Crow-like 'ko-KOH' with deeper, more resonant quality than Common Pheasant; Japanese endemic calling from forest edge at dawn. Alarm is explosive cackle and wing-beating. Contact calls low clucks.

Ahanta Spurfowl

노래

Loud, staccato 'krak-krak-KRAAK' from W African forest edge; slightly higher than larger spurfowl. Alarm is rapid explosive cackling. Pairs call in loose synchrony at dawn in secondary growth.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Green Pheasant

Endemic to Japan; resident of farmland, scrub, and open woodland on Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu; national bird of Japan.

Ahanta Spurfowl

Resident of dense lowland and coastal forest in West Africa from Ghana to Cameroon; also found in Bioko Island.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Green Pheasant

Least Concern

Ahanta Spurfowl

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How to Tell Them Apart

Green Pheasant

깃털

Male with deep iridescent bottle-green body and purple-green gloss on breast and flanks; dark green tail barred black; iridescent green head with red wattle; no white neck ring. Female mottled …

Ahanta Spurfowl

깃털

Dark brown above with pale buff shaft streaks; whitish below with dark brown streaking; red bill; red orbital skin; yellow legs. Sexes similar; closely resembles Double-spurred Spurfowl; West African forests.

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About These Birds

Green Pheasant

일본 꿩은 일본의 국조로, 일본 열도 전역의 개방된 숲, 농경지, 관목지에 서식합니다. 수컷은 금속성 녹색과 보랏빛 가슴이 풍부하게 이리디슨트하게 빛납니다.

Ahanta Spurfowl

A medium Phasianidae spurfowl (~548 g) of lowland and secondary forest edges in West Africa from Ivory Coast to Nigeria. Dark brown streaked white; red orbital skin. Forages on the ground in pairs or small groups for seeds, berries, and invertebrates. Tolerates forest fragments; Least Concern.

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