Ferruginous Partridge vs Black-billed Capercaillie

Caloperdix oculeus เปรียบเทียบกับ Tetrao urogalloides

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Ferruginous Partridge Black-billed Capercaillie
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Caloperdix oculeus Tetrao urogalloides
อันดับ Galliformes Galliformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Phasianidae Phasianidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Near Threatened Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 28.3 cm (11.1 in) 68.2 cm (26.9 in)
น้ำหนัก 210.5 g (7.43 oz) 2957.5 g (104.32 oz)
อาหาร Eats seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits on floor of Southeast Asian lowland and hill forests. … --
จำนวนไข่ 8-10 5-10
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

ถิ่นที่อยู่อาศัยร่วมกัน

Ferruginous Partridge only

ไม่มี

Black-billed Capercaillie only

Song & Call Comparison

Ferruginous Partridge

เสียงร้อง

Sharp, staccato 'krik-krik-krik' calls from lowland rainforest; often given in duet. Alarm is a loud, rapid chattering rattle; contact notes between pairs soft and clucking.

Black-billed Capercaillie

เสียงร้อง

Similar to Western Capercaillie but generally higher-pitched; ticking phase faster, grinding phase shorter. Siberian larch forest species. Alarm is a loud bark; females give soft clucking brood calls.

Geographic Range & Migration

Ferruginous Partridge

Resident in lowland rainforest of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Found in flat or gently sloping lowland forest.

Black-billed Capercaillie

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Near Threatened

Ferruginous Partridge

Least Concern

Black-billed Capercaillie

How to Tell Them Apart

Ferruginous Partridge

ขนนก

Rich ferruginous (deep rusty-orange) overall; upperparts black-and-rufous barred; flanks black boldly spotted white; bare red facial skin; underparts rufous-orange; one of the most vividly coloured Southeast Asian partridges.

Black-billed Capercaillie

ขนนก

Male uniformly glossy blue-black with slight greenish sheen on breast; smaller white wing spots than Western Capercaillie; black bill. Female barred rufous-buff and dark brown, paler below than congener.

About These Birds

Ferruginous Partridge

A small partridge (~210 g) of family Phasianidae, with rich ferruginous (rust-red) plumage and spotted black-and-white markings. Inhabits lowland and foothill rainforests in Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo. Secretive, foraging on the forest floor for seeds and invertebrates. Near Threatened; associated with primary and tall secondary forest, declining with ongoing logging and land conversion.

Black-billed Capercaillie

A very large Phasianidae grouse (~2.96 kg) of Siberian larch and pine forests east of the Yenisei River. Closely related to the Western Capercaillie but distinguished by an all-black bill. Lekking males fan tail feathers dramatically. Feeds on needles and buds; Least Concern.

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