Mountain Peacock-Pheasant vs Ahanta Spurfowl

Polyplectron inopinatum เปรียบเทียบกับ Pternistis ahantensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Mountain Peacock-Pheasant Ahanta Spurfowl
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Polyplectron inopinatum Pternistis ahantensis
อันดับ Galliformes Galliformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Phasianidae Phasianidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Near Threatened Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 37.2 cm (14.6 in) 34.6 cm (13.6 in)
น้ำหนัก 477.0 g (16.83 oz) 547.5 g (19.31 oz)
อาหาร Feeds on seeds, fruits, and invertebrates in Malaysian montane forest; forages by scratching leaf litter. Feeds on seeds, invertebrates, and plant matter in West African lowland forest and thicket.
จำนวนไข่ 2 3-12
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

ถิ่นที่อยู่อาศัยร่วมกัน

Mountain Peacock-Pheasant only

ไม่มี

Ahanta Spurfowl only

Song & Call Comparison

Mountain Peacock-Pheasant

เสียงร้อง

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.

Ahanta Spurfowl

เสียงร้อง

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

Mountain Peacock-Pheasant

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

Ahanta Spurfowl

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

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Near Threatened

Mountain Peacock-Pheasant

Least Concern

Ahanta Spurfowl

How to Tell Them Apart

Mountain Peacock-Pheasant

ขนนก

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.

Ahanta Spurfowl

ขนนก

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

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.

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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