Red-billed Partridge vs Hill Partridge

Arborophila rubrirostris 对比 Arborophila torqueola

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Red-billed Partridge Hill Partridge
学名 Arborophila rubrirostris Arborophila torqueola
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 26.2 cm (10.3 in) 27.3 cm (10.7 in)
体重 226.0 g (7.97 oz) 342.0 g (12.06 oz)
食性 Eats seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits on floor of Bornean montane forests. Little-studied; diet inferred … Forages on Himalayan forest floor for seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits. Scratches leaf litter in …
产卵数 -- 3-9
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Red-billed Partridge only

Hill Partridge only

Song & Call Comparison

Red-billed Partridge

鸣唱

Clear, high-pitched 'wheee-oop' whistle; slurred downward at end. Borneo endemic calling from montane understorey. Contact calls soft low clucks; alarm a sharp explosive 'pit' note.

Hill Partridge

鸣唱

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.

Geographic Range & Migration

Red-billed Partridge

Resident in the montane forests of Sumatra and Borneo at 600-2,000 m. Found in primary hill and montane forest.

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.

保护状况

Least Concern

Red-billed Partridge

Least Concern

Hill Partridge

How to Tell Them Apart

Red-billed Partridge

羽毛

Brown above streaked darker; throat and face white with fine dark scaling; breast grey; flanks grey with white streaks; distinctive bright red bill and red eye-ring; no rufous breast patches.

Hill Partridge

羽毛

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.

About These Birds

Red-billed Partridge

红嘴山鹧鸪是印度尼西亚苏门答腊和婆罗洲的山鹧鸪,以其鲜红色嘴部为特征(山鹧鸪属中少见的特征)。体羽以棕褐色为主,具黑白色斑纹。栖息于原始低地雨林,由于低地森林大规模砍伐,面临严重的栖息地丧失威胁,被列为易危物种。

Hill Partridge

一种中型鹑鸡(约340克),属雉科,具有栗色、黑色和白色的复杂图案及橙红色头部。栖息于从巴基斯坦至中国西南部喜马拉雅地区的亚热带和山地阔叶林及竹林。在林地地面觅食种子、浆果和无脊椎动物。无危;常见于喜马拉雅山麓。

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