West Mexican Chachalaca vs Black-fronted Piping-guan
Ortalis poliocephala verglichen mit Pipile jacutinga
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Merkmal | West Mexican Chachalaca | Black-fronted Piping-guan |
|---|---|---|
| Wissenschaftlicher Name | Ortalis poliocephala | Pipile jacutinga |
| Ordnung | Galliformes | Galliformes |
| Familie | Cracidae | Cracidae |
| Erhaltungsstatus | Least Concern | Endangered |
| Länge | — | — |
| Flügelspannweite | 52,0 cm (20.5 in) | 68,0 cm (26.8 in) |
| Gewicht | 760,0 g (26.81 oz) | 1250,0 g (44.09 oz) |
| Ernährung | Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in West Mexican scrub and forest edges. Also … | Frugivorous; eats fruits especially palm fruits, seeds, and leaves in Brazilian Atlantic forest. Endangered; forages … |
| Gelegegröße | 2-3 | 2-4 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Habitat Comparison
Song & Call Comparison
West Mexican Chachalaca
Emits a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; individual calls are slightly lower than Plain Chachalaca. Dawn choruses boom across Mexico's Pacific slope thornscrub and tropical dry forest.
Black-fronted Piping-guan
Produces loud, piercing piping calls and strong wing-whirring displays. Endangered; calls carry through remnant Atlantic forest; the piping call is among the clearest of all cracids.
Geographic Range & Migration
West Mexican Chachalaca
Endemic to the Pacific coast of Mexico from Sonora south to Jalisco. Found in tropical dry forest and thorn scrub.
Black-fronted Piping-guan
Resident in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. Found in humid subtropical forest. Endangered.
Erhaltungsstatus
West Mexican Chachalaca
Black-fronted Piping-guan
How to Tell Them Apart
West Mexican Chachalaca
Olive-brown above with greyish head; bare reddish throat skin; underparts pale grey with buff-olive flanks; tail long and dark brown with white tips on outer feathers. Overall paler than eastern …
Black-fronted Piping-guan
Glossy black; bold white wing patches; bare blue facial skin with red base to wattle; black forehead contrasting with white crest; neck and mantle spotted white. Distinctive blue-and-red wattle pattern.
About These Birds
West Mexican Chachalaca
A large chachalaca (~760 g) of family Cracidae, with a grey head and brownish body. Endemic to Mexico, inhabiting tropical dry and semi-deciduous forests of the Pacific coast from Jalisco to Oaxaca. Forages in groups for fruits, leaves, and seeds in forest canopy and understory. Least Concern; well adapted to secondary growth and forest edges throughout its restricted Mexican range.
Black-fronted Piping-guan
A large cracid (~1.25 kg) of family Cracidae, with a black forehead, blue facial wattle, and white wing patches. Inhabits Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, and eastern Paraguay. Arboreal frugivore relying heavily on palmito palm fruits. Endangered due to severe Atlantic Forest deforestation, overhunting, and capture for the cage-bird trade.