Hill Partridge vs Salvadori's Pheasant

Arborophila torqueola ile kıyaslandığında Lophura inornata

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Hill Partridge Salvadori's Pheasant
Bilimsel Ad Arborophila torqueola Lophura inornata
Takım Galliformes Galliformes
Familya Phasianidae Phasianidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Near Threatened
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 27,3 cm (10.7 in) 41,9 cm (16.5 in)
Ağırlık 342,0 g (12.06 oz) 685,0 g (24.16 oz)
Beslenme Forages on Himalayan forest floor for seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits. Scratches leaf litter in … Ground forager; takes seeds, fruits, invertebrates, and small animals in Sumatran montane forests.
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 3-9 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Hill Partridge only

Hiçbiri

Salvadori's Pheasant only

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Song & Call Comparison

Hill Partridge

Şarkı

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.

Salvadori's Pheasant

Şarkı

Infrequently recorded 'kak-kak' alarm calls; Sumatran montane endemic. Vocally poorly known. Contact between birds presumably low guttural clucks. Flushed birds produce loud wing clatter.

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.

Salvadori's Pheasant

Endemic to Sumatra; resident of primary and secondary montane forest between 600 and 2,100 m elevation.

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Hill Partridge

Near Threatened

Salvadori's Pheasant

How to Tell Them Apart

Hill Partridge

Tuy

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.

Salvadori's Pheasant

Tuy

Male uniformly dark olive-brown with slight greenish gloss; blue orbital skin; no crest; unadorned appearance relative to other Lophura. Female slightly paler rufous-brown; both sexes lack vivid markings.

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.

Salvadori's Pheasant

A medium-sized Phasianidae pheasant (~685 g) restricted to montane forests of Sumatra above 1,000 m. Both sexes are sombre dark brown, the male with a finely laced pale pattern. Little studied; forages on seeds and invertebrates on forest floor. Near Threatened from montane forest loss in Sumatra.

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