Black Partridge vs Crested Partridge

Melanoperdix niger ile kıyaslandığında Rollulus rouloul

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Black Partridge Crested Partridge
Bilimsel Ad Melanoperdix niger Rollulus rouloul
Takım Galliformes Galliformes
Familya Phasianidae Phasianidae
Koruma Durumu Vulnerable Vulnerable
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 26,8 cm (10.6 in) 27,2 cm (10.7 in)
Ağırlık 280,5 g (9.89 oz) 250,5 g (8.84 oz)
Beslenme Eats seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits on floor of Bornean and Sumatran lowland rainforests. Scratches … Forages on floor of Southeast Asian lowland rainforests for seeds, fallen fruits, and invertebrates. Scratches …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 2-6 4-6
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Black Partridge only

Hiçbiri

Crested Partridge only

Song & Call Comparison

Black Partridge

Şarkı

Infrequently recorded; gives a series of sharp, nasal 'krek' calls from peat swamp forest floor. Alarm is a low explosive cluck; poorly documented due to rarity and secretive habits.

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

Black Partridge

Resident in lowland and montane forest of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo up to 1,500 m. Found in primary forest.

Crested Partridge

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

Koruma Durumu

Vulnerable

Black Partridge

Vulnerable

Crested Partridge

How to Tell Them Apart

Black Partridge

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

Black Partridge

A small sexually dimorphic partridge (~280 g) of family Phasianidae, males entirely black and females rufous-brown. Endemic to lowland rainforests of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Highly secretive, foraging on the forest floor for seeds and invertebrates in dense undergrowth. Vulnerable; declining with rapid lowland deforestation and conversion to palm oil plantations.

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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