Tibetan Eared-pheasant vs Ahanta Spurfowl

Crossoptilon harmani ile kıyaslandığında Pternistis ahantensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Tibetan Eared-pheasant Ahanta Spurfowl
Bilimsel Ad Crossoptilon harmani Pternistis ahantensis
Takım Galliformes Galliformes
Familya Phasianidae Phasianidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 56,4 cm (22.2 in) 34,6 cm (13.6 in)
Ağırlık 1946,0 g (68.64 oz) 547,5 g (19.31 oz)
Beslenme Digs for tubers, bulbs, roots, and invertebrates on Tibetan plateau; also eats seeds and berries. Feeds on seeds, invertebrates, and plant matter in West African lowland forest and thicket.
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 4-11 3-12
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Tibetan Eared-pheasant only

Ahanta Spurfowl only

Song & Call Comparison

Tibetan Eared-pheasant

Şarkı

Loud, bugling 'GA-GA-GA' calls; raucous and crow-like resonating across Tibetan alpine meadows. Flocks maintain raucous calling. Alarm is a rapid series of loud honking notes; wing beats loud.

Ahanta Spurfowl

Şarkı

Loud, staccato 'krak-krak-KRAAK' from W African forest edge; slightly higher than larger spurfowl. Alarm is rapid explosive cackling. Pairs call in loose synchrony at dawn in secondary growth.

Geographic Range & Migration

Tibetan Eared-pheasant

Endemic to alpine scrub and rhododendron thickets on the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent Himalayas in southeastern Tibet and Bhutan, at 3,000–4,500 m.

Ahanta Spurfowl

Resident of dense lowland and coastal forest in West Africa from Ghana to Cameroon; also found in Bioko Island.

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Tibetan Eared-pheasant

Least Concern

Ahanta Spurfowl

How to Tell Them Apart

Tibetan Eared-pheasant

Tuy

Primarily whitish-grey with dark brown wings and back; black cap; white ear tufts projecting laterally; dark graduated tail with white-tipped central feathers; red facial skin. Sexes very similar.

Ahanta Spurfowl

Tuy

Dark brown above with pale buff shaft streaks; whitish below with dark brown streaking; red bill; red orbital skin; yellow legs. Sexes similar; closely resembles Double-spurred Spurfowl; West African forests.

About These Birds

Tibetan Eared-pheasant

A large Phasianidae pheasant (~1.95 kg) inhabiting alpine shrublands and forest edges on the Tibetan Plateau's southeastern rim. Greyish plumage with distinctive ear tufts. Gregarious; flocks forage on roots, tubers, and seeds. Tolerates cold extremes. Least Concern within its restricted Himalayan range.

Ahanta Spurfowl

A medium Phasianidae spurfowl (~548 g) of lowland and secondary forest edges in West Africa from Ivory Coast to Nigeria. Dark brown streaked white; red orbital skin. Forages on the ground in pairs or small groups for seeds, berries, and invertebrates. Tolerates forest fragments; Least Concern.

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