Crested Bobwhite vs Nahan's Partridge

Colinus cristatus в сравнении с Ptilopachus nahani

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Crested Bobwhite Nahan's Partridge
Научное название Colinus cristatus Ptilopachus nahani
Отряд Galliformes Galliformes
Семейство Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
Охранный статус Least Concern Vulnerable
Длина
Размах крыльев 20,0 cm (7.9 in) 26,8 cm (10.6 in)
Масса 132,5 g (4.67 oz) 278,5 g (9.82 oz)
Питание Omnivorous; eats seeds, berries, and insects in South American grasslands, scrub, and forest edges. Forages … Forages in Ugandan and Congolese rainforest understorey for invertebrates and seeds. Little-studied; diet poorly documented.
Размер кладки 8-15 4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Нет

Crested Bobwhite only

Нет

Nahan's Partridge only

Song & Call Comparison

Crested Bobwhite

Пение

Whistled ascending 'whiit-wheee' repeated steadily; crest raised during calling bouts. Contact between covey members is a series of low, liquid clucking notes with nasal quality.

Nahan's Partridge

Пение

Produces a soft, repeated whistled call and quiet clucking series. Calls are poorly documented; this Vulnerable forest partridge is secretive on Uganda's forest floor.

Geographic Range & Migration

Crested Bobwhite

Resident from Panama south through Colombia and Venezuela to the Guianas. Found in open grassland, savanna, and brushy areas.

Nahan's Partridge

Resident in the rainforests of Uganda and adjacent Democratic Republic of Congo. Found in lowland and foothill rainforest. Poorly known.

Охранный статус

Least Concern

Crested Bobwhite

Vulnerable

Nahan's Partridge

How to Tell Them Apart

Crested Bobwhite

Оперение

Male has bushy rufous crest, white supercilium, black-streaked white face and throat, rufous-brown back, and buff underparts spotted black. Female is buff-brown with streaked body and smaller crest.

Nahan's Partridge

Оперение

Dark brown overall, finely barred and streaked buff; underparts paler brown with buff streaking; bare reddish eye-ring; tail short and rufous; sexes similar. Forest floor cryptic coloration.

About These Birds

Crested Bobwhite

A small New World quail (~130 g) of family Odontophoridae, males with a shaggy brown-white crest. Inhabits open savanna, grassland, scrubland, and agricultural areas in Central America and northern South America. Forages in coveys for seeds and invertebrates on the ground. Least Concern; one of the most widespread bobwhite species, tolerant of human-modified landscapes.

Nahan's Partridge

A small partridge (~280 g) of family Odontophoridae, dark reddish-brown with black barring. Endemic to lowland primary rainforest in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Highly terrestrial, foraging on the forest floor for seeds, berries, and invertebrates. Vulnerable; requires intact primary forest and is threatened by widespread logging and agricultural conversion in Central Africa.

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