Wattled Guan vs White-bellied Chachalaca

Aburria aburri comparado con Ortalis leucogastra

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Wattled Guan White-bellied Chachalaca
Nombre científico Aburria aburri Ortalis leucogastra
Orden Galliformes Galliformes
Familia Cracidae Cracidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 67,4 cm (26.5 in) 41,7 cm (16.4 in)
Peso 1398,3333333333333 g (49.32 oz) 499,5 g (17.62 oz)
Dieta Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, and leaves in Andean cloud forests of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Central American forest edges and scrubby second-growth …
Tamaño de la puesta -- 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Wattled Guan only

Ninguno

White-bellied Chachalaca only

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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.

White-bellied Chachalaca

Canto

Emits a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; individual call is slightly higher and thinner. Dawn choruses ring across Central American Pacific slope forest and scrub.

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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.

White-bellied Chachalaca

Resident in Central America from Mexico south to Nicaragua. Found in tropical dry and humid forests and forest edges.

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Wattled Guan

Least Concern

White-bellied 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.

White-bellied Chachalaca

Plumaje

Olive-brown upperparts; grey head with bare reddish throat; underparts strikingly white-bellied, contrasting sharply with brownish sides; tail dark with white 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.

White-bellied Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~500 g) of family Cracidae, distinguished by pale whitish underparts. Found in Pacific lowland forests, scrub, and forest edges from southern Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica. Forages in noisy flocks on fruits, buds, and seeds in the forest canopy and edges. Least Concern; thrives in disturbed habitats and secondary growth across its Central American range.

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