Sage Grouse vs Indian Peafowl

Centrocercus urophasianus comparado com Pavo cristatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Sage Grouse Indian Peafowl
Nome científico Centrocercus urophasianus Pavo cristatus
Ordem Galliformes Galliformes
Família Phasianidae Phasianidae
Estado de conservação Near Threatened Least Concern
Comprimento 195,0 cm (76.8 in)
Envergadura 61,2 cm (24.1 in) 160,0 cm (63.0 in)
Peso 2100,0 g (74.08 oz) 5000,0 g (176.37 oz)
Dieta Feeds almost entirely on sagebrush leaves and buds in winter; insects and forbs important in … Omnivorous — seeds, berries, insects, small vertebrates, and cultivated crops. Forages on the ground in …
Tamanho da postura 7-15 3-8
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Sage Grouse
Indian Peafowl 195,0 cm
Envergadura
Sage Grouse 61,2 cm
Indian Peafowl 160,0 cm
Peso
Sage Grouse 2100,0 g
Indian Peafowl 5000,0 g

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Nenhum

Sage Grouse only

Indian Peafowl only

Indian Peafowl

Open forests, farmland, and areas near water in the Indian subcontinent. Highly adaptable and common near human settlements.

Song & Call Comparison

Sage Grouse

Canto

Males produce extraordinary lek display: deep swishing 'swish-swish-coo-OO-ploop' using air sacs; low frequency, liquid, and otherworldly. Alarm is a cackling 'cac-cac'; females cluck softly.

Indian Peafowl

Canto

Loud, harsh, repetitive 'may-AWE' screaming call, audible over great distances. Display calls are a mewing 'aaaow'. Peacocks call persistently at dawn and before rain.

Geographic Range & Migration

Sage Grouse

Resident in sagebrush habitat of the western United States and southwestern Canada. Found in semi-arid plains with Artemisia. Vulnerable.

Indian Peafowl

Indian subcontinent including India, Sri Lanka, and parts of Pakistan and Bangladesh. Feral populations worldwide.

Estado de conservação

Near Threatened

Sage Grouse

Least Concern

Indian Peafowl

How to Tell Them Apart

Sage Grouse

Plumagem

Male has black belly, white breast, spiky pointed tail; yellow eye-combs; during display inflates yellow-green bare breast sacs exposing white feather ruff. Female mottled brown with dark belly patch.

Indian Peafowl

Plumagem

Males (peacocks) have iridescent blue-green plumage and an enormous train of elongated upper tail coverts with eye-spots. Females (peahens) are brown and cryptically patterned.

Bico

Short, stout, greyish-horn bill

About These Birds

Sage Grouse

Gralha-das-artemísias de 60–75 cm, a maior gralha da América do Norte, famosa pelas suas elaboradas danças nupciais nas artemísias do oeste.

Indian Peafowl

O pavão-indiano é uma das aves mais famosas do mundo, com machos exibindo leques de penas elaborados multicoloridos em rituais de cortejo espetaculares, nativo do sul da Ásia.

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