Hill Partridge vs Swamp Francolin

Arborophila torqueola 对比 Ortygornis gularis

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Hill Partridge Swamp Francolin
学名 Arborophila torqueola Ortygornis gularis
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
保护状况 Least Concern Near Threatened
体长
翼展 27.3 cm (10.7 in)
体重 342.0 g (12.06 oz) 510.0 g (17.99 oz)
食性 Forages on Himalayan forest floor for seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits. Scratches leaf litter in … Eats seeds, roots, invertebrates, and small animals in Indian swamp grass and reed beds.
产卵数 3-9 3-7
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Hill Partridge only

Swamp Francolin only

Song & Call Comparison

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.

Swamp Francolin

鸣唱

Harsh, grating 'kurr-KURR-kurr' calls from tall grass and reed beds; South Asian species. Alarm is explosive rapid cackle from dense cover. Contact calls between pair members are lower guttural notes.

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.

Swamp Francolin

Resident of tall wet grassland and reed beds along rivers and wetlands in the Terai of Nepal, India (Assam), and Bangladesh.

保护状况

Least Concern

Hill Partridge

Near Threatened

Swamp Francolin

How to Tell Them Apart

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.

Swamp Francolin

羽毛

Dark rufous-brown above with black and buff streaking; white throat; rufous-buff below with white shaft streaks and dark brown lateral flank stripes; red bill; legs red in male. Larger than …

About These Birds

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。

Swamp Francolin

A large Phasianidae francolin (~510 g) inhabiting tall grass, reedbeds, and swampy margins of rivers and wetlands in the Gangetic Plains and Nepal Terai. Boldly streaked rufous-brown. Dependent on intact floodplain grass habitat that is rapidly degrading. Near Threatened from wetland drainage and grassland conversion.

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