Mountain Peacock-Pheasant vs Altai Snowcock

Polyplectron inopinatum 비교 대상 Tetraogallus altaicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Mountain Peacock-Pheasant Altai Snowcock
학명 Polyplectron inopinatum Tetraogallus altaicus
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
보전 상태 Near Threatened Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 37.2 cm (14.6 in) 56.9 cm (22.4 in)
체중 477.0 g (16.83 oz) 2770.0 g (97.71 oz)
식성 Feeds on seeds, fruits, and invertebrates in Malaysian montane forest; forages by scratching leaf litter. Feeds on alpine grasses, seeds, berries, and shoots; digs for roots and bulbs in Altai …
산란 수 2 4-15
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Mountain Peacock-Pheasant only

Altai Snowcock only

Song & Call Comparison

Mountain Peacock-Pheasant

노래

Clear, slightly plaintive 'kwee-oo' whistle from Malay Peninsula cloud forest; melodic for a peacock-pheasant. Male calls during display. Alarm is an abrupt 'kak'. Contact is quiet clucking.

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

Mountain Peacock-Pheasant

Endemic to the Malay Peninsula (Cameron Highlands area); resident of montane forest above 900 m; very poorly known.

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

Near Threatened

Mountain Peacock-Pheasant

Least Concern

Altai Snowcock

How to Tell Them Apart

Mountain Peacock-Pheasant

깃털

Dark brown with white shaft streaking; circular iridescent greenish ocelli on wing coverts and tail; pinkish-red orbital skin; buff speckled face. Female similar with smaller ocelli; montane Malayan endemic.

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

Mountain Peacock-Pheasant

A medium-small Phasianidae pheasant (~477 g) restricted to montane mossy and oak forests above 1,000 m in the Malay Peninsula. Males are brown with sparse violet ocelli; plumage less ornamented than lowland relatives. Sedentary and secretive. Near Threatened from montane forest degradation.

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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