Common Pheasant vs Ahanta Spurfowl

Phasianus colchicus 对比 Pternistis ahantensis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Common Pheasant Ahanta Spurfowl
学名 Phasianus colchicus Pternistis ahantensis
Galliformes Galliformes
Phasianidae Phasianidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 47.5 cm (18.7 in) 34.6 cm (13.6 in)
体重 1463.25 g (51.61 oz) 547.5 g (19.31 oz)
食性 Highly omnivorous; eats seeds, grain, berries, roots, invertebrates, and small vertebrates; scratches and digs in … Feeds on seeds, invertebrates, and plant matter in West African lowland forest and thicket.
产卵数 2-23 3-12
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Common Pheasant only

Ahanta Spurfowl only

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Song & Call Comparison

Common Pheasant

鸣唱

Loud, explosive 'kork-KOK' crowing by males; followed by rapid wing-beating. Far-carrying across farmland. Alarm is a cackling rattle; females give soft 'ti-ti' contact notes.

Ahanta Spurfowl

鸣唱

Loud, staccato 'krak-krak-KRAAK' from W African forest edge; slightly higher than larger spurfowl. Alarm is rapid explosive cackling. Pairs call in loose synchrony at dawn in secondary growth.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Common Pheasant

Native from the Caucasus east through central Asia to China and Korea; introduced and widespread across Europe, North America, and Australasia.

Ahanta Spurfowl

Resident of dense lowland and coastal forest in West Africa from Ghana to Cameroon; also found in Bioko Island.

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保护状况

Least Concern

Common Pheasant

Least Concern

Ahanta Spurfowl

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How to Tell Them Apart

Common Pheasant

羽毛

Male rich chestnut and golden-buff with dark scale-like markings; iridescent bottle-green head with red facial wattle; often white neck-ring; long barred tail. Female cryptically mottled pale brown and buff.

Ahanta Spurfowl

羽毛

Dark brown above with pale buff shaft streaks; whitish below with dark brown streaking; red bill; red orbital skin; yellow legs. Sexes similar; closely resembles Double-spurred Spurfowl; West African forests.

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About These Birds

Common Pheasant

雉鸡(约1.2公斤雄性)原产于亚洲,现已被引入欧洲、北美和其他地区用于狩猎。雄鸟具有虹彩羽毛、红色肉垂和长尾。栖息于农田、林缘和灌木地,以种子、浆果和昆虫为食。无危;野外种群通常有人工补充,是世界上数量最多的猎禽之一。

Ahanta Spurfowl

A medium Phasianidae spurfowl (~548 g) of lowland and secondary forest edges in West Africa from Ivory Coast to Nigeria. Dark brown streaked white; red orbital skin. Forages on the ground in pairs or small groups for seeds, berries, and invertebrates. Tolerates forest fragments; Least Concern.

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