Painted Francolin vs Blood Pheasant
Francolinus pictus 对比 Ithaginis cruentus
Side-by-Side Comparison
| 属性 | Painted Francolin | Blood Pheasant |
|---|---|---|
| 学名 | Francolinus pictus | Ithaginis cruentus |
| 目 | Galliformes | Galliformes |
| 科 | Phasianidae | Phasianidae |
| 保护状况 | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| 体长 | — | — |
| 翼展 | 27.8 cm (10.9 in) | 39.1 cm (15.4 in) |
| 体重 | 291.0 g (10.26 oz) | 535.8333333333334 g (18.90 oz) |
| 食性 | Eats seeds, grain, invertebrates, and plant material; forages in dry grass and scrubby areas of … | Eats seeds, berries, moss, ferns, and invertebrates in Himalayan and Central Asian coniferous forests. Feeds … |
| 产卵数 | 4-8 | 2-7 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Habitat Comparison
Song & Call Comparison
Painted Francolin
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 …
Blood Pheasant
Sharp, nasal 'kip-kip-kip' contact calls; alarm is a loud, harsh chattering rattle audible across alpine rhododendron scrub. Song is a series of thin, whistled 'tsee' notes at dawn.
Geographic Range & Migration
Painted Francolin
Endemic to India; resident of open scrub, dry grassland, and farmland across most of peninsular India.
Blood Pheasant
Resident in the Himalayas and mountains of western China from Pakistan east to Yunnan at 2,400-4,500 m. Found in rhododendron and coniferous forest.
保护状况
Painted Francolin
Blood Pheasant
How to Tell Them Apart
Painted Francolin
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.
Blood Pheasant
Male has grey and black streaked upperparts; red forehead, red streaks on breast and flanks; red-and-yellow legs; bare red facial skin. Female is rusty-brown streaked darker with no red; markedly …
About These Birds
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。
Blood Pheasant
A medium-sized pheasant (~535 g) of family Phasianidae, males with blood-red streaked plumage on green and grey tones. Inhabits dense subalpine forests and rhododendron scrub in the Himalayas from Nepal to southwestern China at 2,800–4,500 m elevation. Feeds on mosses, ferns, berries, and seeds. Least Concern; the sole member of genus Ithaginis with a broad Himalayan distribution.