Bornean Peacock-Pheasant vs Crested Partridge

Polyplectron schleiermacheri 비교 대상 Rollulus rouloul

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Bornean Peacock-Pheasant Crested Partridge
학명 Polyplectron schleiermacheri Rollulus rouloul
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
보전 상태 Endangered Vulnerable
체장
날개 폭 37.4 cm (14.7 in) 27.2 cm (10.7 in)
체중 512.0 g (18.06 oz) 250.5 g (8.84 oz)
식성 Ground forager in Bornean lowland forest; eats seeds, fruits, invertebrates, and small animals. Forages on floor of Southeast Asian lowland rainforests for seeds, fallen fruits, and invertebrates. Scratches …
산란 수 1 4-6
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Bornean Peacock-Pheasant only

없음

Crested Partridge only

없음

Song & Call Comparison

Bornean Peacock-Pheasant

노래

Soft, plaintive 'kwii-kwii' whistle; rarely heard from Bornean lowland peat swamp. Poorly documented vocally. Alarm presumably a sharp 'kek'. Males produce soft calls during ocellated tail display.

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

Bornean Peacock-Pheasant

Endemic to Borneo; resident of lowland and hill forest in Sabah, Sarawak, and Kalimantan; one of the rarest pheasants.

Crested Partridge

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

보전 상태

Endangered

Bornean Peacock-Pheasant

Vulnerable

Crested Partridge

How to Tell Them Apart

Bornean Peacock-Pheasant

깃털

Male brown with dense small iridescent blue-green ocelli across wings and tail; reddish-pink orbital skin; white speckled face. Female similar but smaller; ocelli reduced and duller; brown overall.

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

Bornean Peacock-Pheasant

One of the rarest Phasianidae pheasants (~512 g), endemic to lowland primary forests of Borneo. Males have brown plumage densely patterned with iridescent blue-green ocelli. Rarely observed; forages on seeds and invertebrates. Endangered due to rapid destruction of Bornean lowland forest; few confirmed recent records.

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.

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