Hill Partridge vs Malay Peacock-Pheasant

Arborophila torqueola เปรียบเทียบกับ Polyplectron malacense

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Hill Partridge Malay Peacock-Pheasant
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Arborophila torqueola Polyplectron malacense
อันดับ Galliformes Galliformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Phasianidae Phasianidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Endangered
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 27.3 cm (10.7 in) 38.5 cm (15.2 in)
น้ำหนัก 342.0 g (12.06 oz) 564.0 g (19.89 oz)
อาหาร Forages on Himalayan forest floor for seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits. Scratches leaf litter in … Omnivorous; eats seeds, fallen fruits, invertebrates, and small animals on Malay Peninsula forest floor.
จำนวนไข่ 3-9 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

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Hill Partridge only

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Malay Peacock-Pheasant only

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Song & Call Comparison

Hill Partridge

เสียงร้อง

Repeated melodic whistle 'wi-WHEEEOO' rising and falling; pairs often duet. Males sing from hillside undergrowth at dawn. Alarm is a sharp, emphatic 'kek' or staccato clucking.

Malay Peacock-Pheasant

เสียงร้อง

Repeated thin 'kwi-kwi-kwi' whistle, slightly ascending; given during display with tail fanning. Peninsular Malaysia forest floor. Alarm is explosive 'kak'. Rarely vocal outside breeding display.

Geographic Range & Migration

Hill Partridge

Resident in the Himalayas and hills of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and southern China at 1,000-3,500 m. Found in oak and rhododendron forest.

Malay Peacock-Pheasant

Resident of lowland and hill forest in peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and southern Thailand below 1,000 m.

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Hill Partridge

Endangered

Malay Peacock-Pheasant

How to Tell Them Apart

Hill Partridge

ขนนก

Male has orange-rufous face, white-spotted black throat collar, grey breast, and chestnut flanks streaked white on dark brown back. Female has brown face with buff streaking, less vivid collar.

Malay Peacock-Pheasant

ขนนก

Male brown with large iridescent green and violet ocelli on wings and tail; yellow orbital skin; buff speckled face. Female brown with smaller ocelli and yellow orbital skin; both with …

About These Birds

Hill Partridge

A medium-sized partridge (~340 g) of family Phasianidae, with intricate rufous, black, and white patterning and an orange-rufous head. Inhabits subtropical and montane broadleaved forests and bamboo thickets in the Himalayas from Pakistan to southwestern China. Forages on the forest floor for seeds, berries, and invertebrates. Least Concern; common in Himalayan foothills.

Malay Peacock-Pheasant

A medium-small Phasianidae pheasant (~564 g) of lowland dipterocarp forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula. Males sport blue-green ocelli on wings and tail, displayed fan-wise in courtship. Forages on fallen fruits, seeds, and invertebrates. Endangered due to extensive lowland forest loss across Sundaland.

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