Cheer Pheasant vs Crested Partridge

Catreus wallichii ile kıyaslandığında Rollulus rouloul

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Cheer Pheasant Crested Partridge
Bilimsel Ad Catreus wallichii Rollulus rouloul
Takım Galliformes Galliformes
Familya Phasianidae Phasianidae
Koruma Durumu Vulnerable Vulnerable
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 48,9 cm (19.3 in) 27,2 cm (10.7 in)
Ağırlık 1327,5 g (46.83 oz) 250,5 g (8.84 oz)
Beslenme -- Forages on floor of Southeast Asian lowland rainforests for seeds, fallen fruits, and invertebrates. Scratches …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 9-14 4-6
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Cheer Pheasant only

Hiçbiri

Crested Partridge only

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Song & Call Comparison

Cheer Pheasant

Şarkı

Loud, far-carrying 'cheer-cheer-chirwa-chirwa' calls; responsible for common name. Himalayan species with ringing, slightly laughing quality to call. Alarm is a rapid harsh cackle from rocky slopes.

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

Cheer Pheasant

Crested Partridge

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

Koruma Durumu

Vulnerable

Cheer Pheasant

Vulnerable

Crested Partridge

How to Tell Them Apart

Cheer Pheasant

Tuy

Pale grey-brown overall with dense dark brown vermiculations; buff-white underparts streaked brown; long pale grey tail narrowly barred brown; red facial skin; grey crest. Sexes alike but female smaller.

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

Cheer Pheasant

A large Phasianidae pheasant (~1.33 kg) of grassy hillside scrub and forest margins in the western Himalayas. Both sexes are boldly barred grey-brown; the male has a long, finely barred tail. Diet encompasses grass shoots, roots, and invertebrates. Vulnerable from habitat loss and human disturbance.

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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