Malay Crestless Fireback vs Ahanta Spurfowl

Lophura erythrophthalma в сравнении с Pternistis ahantensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Malay Crestless Fireback Ahanta Spurfowl
Научное название Lophura erythrophthalma Pternistis ahantensis
Отряд Galliformes Galliformes
Семейство Phasianidae Phasianidae
Охранный статус Critically Endangered Least Concern
Длина
Размах крыльев 44,2 cm (17.4 in) 34,6 cm (13.6 in)
Масса 1024,6666666666667 g (36.14 oz) 547,5 g (19.31 oz)
Питание Ground forager in Sundaland lowland forest; eats fallen fruits, seeds, invertebrates, and small animals. Feeds on seeds, invertebrates, and plant matter in West African lowland forest and thicket.
Размер кладки 3-6 3-12
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Malay Crestless Fireback only

Нет

Ahanta Spurfowl only

Song & Call Comparison

Malay Crestless Fireback

Пение

Sharp, staccato 'kak-kak' alarm calls; Peninsular Malaysian lowland rainforest species. Rarely vocal outside alarm situations. Contact calls between pairs are low guttural clucks.

Ahanta Spurfowl

Пение

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.

Geographic Range & Migration

Malay Crestless Fireback

Resident of lowland and hill dipterocarp forest in peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and southern Thailand, below 800 m.

Ahanta Spurfowl

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

Охранный статус

Critically Endangered

Malay Crestless Fireback

Least Concern

Ahanta Spurfowl

How to Tell Them Apart

Malay Crestless Fireback

Оперение

Male glossy blue-black; bright cinnamon-orange lower back and rump diagnostic; no crest; red orbital skin. Female brown with black scaling on upperparts and white streaks below; cinnamon rump duller than …

Ahanta Spurfowl

Оперение

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.

About These Birds

Malay Crestless Fireback

A medium-large Phasianidae pheasant (~1.02 kg) of lowland dipterocarp forest in peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra. Males are rufous-chestnut with a distinctive bare red orbital patch; lacks a crest. Forages on seeds, fruits, and invertebrates on the forest floor. Critically Endangered from severe lowland deforestation.

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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