White-faced Partridge vs Crested Partridge

Arborophila orientalis ile kıyaslandığında Rollulus rouloul

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik White-faced Partridge Crested Partridge
Bilimsel Ad Arborophila orientalis Rollulus rouloul
Takım Galliformes Galliformes
Familya Phasianidae Phasianidae
Koruma Durumu Vulnerable Vulnerable
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 28,5 cm (11.2 in) 27,2 cm (10.7 in)
Ağırlık 310,5 g (10.95 oz) 250,5 g (8.84 oz)
Beslenme Eats seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits on floor of East Javan and Balinese montane forests. … Forages on floor of Southeast Asian lowland rainforests for seeds, fallen fruits, and invertebrates. Scratches …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 2-4 4-6
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

White-faced Partridge only

Hiçbiri

Crested Partridge only

Song & Call Comparison

White-faced Partridge

Şarkı

Rising 'wheee-oo' whistle with clean, flute-like quality; calls from E Java mountains at dusk and dawn. Alarm produces sharp abrupt chips. Covey contact maintained with low rolling clucks.

Crested Partridge

Şarkı

High-pitched, thin whistled 'seee' repeated persistently; metallic and insect-like. Males call from forest floor, rarely seen. Alarm is an explosive low grunt followed by rapid wing beats.

Geographic Range & Migration

White-faced Partridge

Endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands of eastern Java, Bali, and Lombok. Found in montane and lowland forest.

Crested Partridge

Resident in lowland and foothill rainforest of Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo. Found below 1,500 m.

Koruma Durumu

Vulnerable

White-faced Partridge

Vulnerable

Crested Partridge

How to Tell Them Apart

White-faced Partridge

Tuy

Brown above; face and throat strikingly white contrasting with dark crown and neck; breast grey; flanks olive-grey streaked white; bare reddish eye-ring; extensive white on face is immediately distinctive.

Crested Partridge

Tuy

Male is dark glossy green-black with vivid red-crimson erectile crest; red orbital skin; chestnut wings. Female is entirely bright emerald green with brown wings, red legs, and grey head; among …

About These Birds

White-faced Partridge

A medium-sized partridge (~310 g) of family Phasianidae, with a distinctive white face and scaly brown upperparts. Found in montane forests of eastern Java and Bali. Inhabits highland broadleaved forest at 800–2,500 m elevation. Forages secretively on the forest floor for seeds and invertebrates. Vulnerable; restricted to a small area of eastern Java and Bali with ongoing deforestation.

Crested Partridge

A small partridge (~250 g) of family Phasianidae, males with vivid crimson crest and iridescent green plumage. Found in lowland tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia including Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo. Forages on the forest floor for fallen seeds, fruits, and invertebrates. Vulnerable; dependent on primary lowland forest, heavily impacted by deforestation and palm oil expansion.

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