Wattled Guan vs Grey-headed Chachalaca

Aburria aburri comparado con Ortalis cinereiceps

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Wattled Guan Grey-headed Chachalaca
Nombre científico Aburria aburri Ortalis cinereiceps
Orden Galliformes Galliformes
Familia Cracidae Cracidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 67,4 cm (26.5 in) 41,1 cm (16.2 in)
Peso 1398,3333333333333 g (49.32 oz) 566,5 g (19.98 oz)
Dieta Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, and leaves in Andean cloud forests of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and … Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and …
Tamaño de la puesta -- 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Wattled Guan only

Ninguno

Grey-headed Chachalaca only

Ninguno

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Song & Call Comparison

Wattled Guan

Canto

Emits a loud, resonant, booming honk and wing-whirring display. The deep, carrying boom echoes through Andean cloud forest; wing-whirring display is powerful and conspicuous.

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Canto

Produces a loud, raucous cha-cha-lac chorus at dawn; individual notes are hoarser and lower than Plain Chachalaca. Groups call antiphonally from treetops in Central American forest edge.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Wattled Guan

Resident in the Andes from Venezuela and Colombia south to Bolivia at 500-2,200 m. Found in humid montane forest.

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Resident from Honduras south through Central America to Panama and northwestern Colombia. Found in humid forest and dense vegetation.

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Wattled Guan

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Wattled Guan

Plumaje

Uniformly glossy greenish-black; prominent pendulous yellow-and-blue bare throat wattle; no white wing patches or streaking; legs dark grey. Striking yellow wattle is the sole bold adornment.

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Plumaje

Olive-brown body; head and neck distinctly grey contrasting with brownish back; bare reddish throat skin; underparts pale buff-grey; tail graduated, brown with paler tips on outer feathers.

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About These Birds

Wattled Guan

Un pájaro grande, mayormente negro, de la familia Cracidae que habita en bosques húmedos montanos desde Venezuela y Colombia hasta Perú. Se caracteriza por su papada amarilla colgante. Frugívoro arbóreo amenazado por la deforestación, considerado especie Vulnerable por la UICN.

Grey-headed Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~565 g) of family Cracidae, with a distinctive grey head and olive-brown body. Inhabits humid tropical forests, forest edges, and scrublands from Honduras south to northwestern Colombia. Forages in groups for fruits, berries, leaves, and insects in the understory and canopy. Least Concern; common throughout its range in Central American lowlands.

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