Chinese Bamboo-partridge vs Painted Francolin

Bambusicola thoracicus 对比 Francolinus pictus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Chinese Bamboo-partridge Painted Francolin
学名 Bambusicola thoracicus Francolinus pictus
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 25.7 cm (10.1 in) 27.8 cm (10.9 in)
体重 270.25 g (9.53 oz) 291.0 g (10.26 oz)
食性 Feeds on seeds, berries, invertebrates, and plant shoots in bamboo thickets and scrub of China … Eats seeds, grain, invertebrates, and plant material; forages in dry grass and scrubby areas of …
产卵数 3-7 4-8
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Chinese Bamboo-partridge only

Painted Francolin only

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Song & Call Comparison

Chinese Bamboo-partridge

鸣唱

Loud, rapid 'jiji-ji-jiji' calls; raucous and insistent from Chinese bamboo thickets. Alarm is explosive cackling. Popular cage bird for persistent calls. Contact notes softer between birds.

Painted Francolin

鸣唱

Loud, insistent 'ka-TURR-ka' calls from Indian scrub; similar to Black Francolin but slightly higher and less grating. Alarm is rapid cackling cackle. Males call from termite mound or rock at …

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Geographic Range & Migration

Chinese Bamboo-partridge

Resident of bamboo, scrub, and forest edge in southeastern China, Taiwan, and Indochina; introduced to Japan and Hawaii.

Painted Francolin

Endemic to India; resident of open scrub, dry grassland, and farmland across most of peninsular India.

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保护状况

Least Concern

Chinese Bamboo-partridge

Least Concern

Painted Francolin

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How to Tell Them Apart

Chinese Bamboo-partridge

羽毛

Brown upperparts with chestnut streaks; grey face and supercilium; chestnut-spotted buff flanks; white belly; grey breast; rufous-chestnut tail. Female similar but slightly smaller; lacks tarsal spur of male.

Painted Francolin

羽毛

Richly patterned; black above with large white spots; rufous-orange face and throat; white-spotted black flanks; rufous-chestnut underparts with black shaft streaks. Female lacks rufous on face; duller below.

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About These Birds

Chinese Bamboo-partridge

A small, noisy Phasianidae partridge (~270 g) widespread in bamboo thickets, scrub, and woodland edges of eastern and central China. Brown and grey plumage provides camouflage in dense vegetation. Famous for its repeated 'kicking-your-bottom' call. Omnivorous; feeds on seeds and invertebrates. Least Concern.

Painted Francolin

彩绘鹧鸪,体重约291克。棕红色,带白色斑点和条纹。分布于印度半岛和斯里兰卡。

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