Sickle-winged Guan vs Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

Chamaepetes goudotii comparado con Ortalis wagleri

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Sickle-winged Guan Rufous-bellied Chachalaca
Nombre científico Chamaepetes goudotii Ortalis wagleri
Orden Galliformes Galliformes
Familia Cracidae Cracidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 50,7 cm (20.0 in) 48,3 cm (19.0 in)
Peso 702,0 g (24.76 oz) 834,0 g (29.42 oz)
Dieta Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Andean foothill and montane forests. Forages at … Feeds on fruits, berries, seeds, leaves, and small invertebrates in Mexican thorn scrub and deciduous …
Tamaño de la puesta 2-3 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Sickle-winged Guan only

Ninguno

Rufous-bellied Chachalaca only

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Song & Call Comparison

Sickle-winged Guan

Canto

Emits a loud, resonant cackling call and loud wing-whirring. The guan call carries through Andean cloud forest; wing-whirring display flight is a diagnostic feature in the mountains.

Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

Canto

Produces a loud, deep raucous chorus; the lowest-pitched Ortalis chachalaca call. The deep, resonant cha-cha-LAC booms across Mexican Pacific slope deciduous forest at dawn.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Sickle-winged Guan

Resident in the Andes from Colombia south to Bolivia at 1,500-3,400 m. Found in humid cloud forest.

Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

Endemic to the Pacific coast of western Mexico from Sinaloa to Colima. Found in tropical dry forest and thorn scrub.

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Sickle-winged Guan

Least Concern

Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Sickle-winged Guan

Plumaje

Dark chestnut-brown above and on breast; lower belly rufous-chestnut; bare blue facial skin around eye; wings distinctively curved sickle-like; no wattle; tail dark brown.

Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

Plumaje

Olive-brown above; head grey with bare reddish throat; underparts strongly washed rufous-buff becoming deep rufous on belly and flanks; graduated tail dark brown with pale-tipped outer feathers.

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About These Birds

Sickle-winged Guan

Pava de Goudot (Chamaepetes goudotii), 55–65 cm. Pava negra con vientre castaño; cara desnuda azul intensa; pico amarillo-verdoso. Cola larga. Habita en selvas húmedas montanas de los Andes (Colombia, Ecuador, Perú). Arborícola. Se alimenta de frutas y follaje. Especie amenazada por la deforestación.

Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

A larger chachalaca (~834 g) of family Cracidae, with a rufous wash on the underparts. Endemic to the Pacific slope of northwestern Mexico, from Sonora to Jalisco. Inhabits tropical dry forest, thorn scrub, and deciduous woodland. Forages in groups on fruits, seeds, and insects. Least Concern; range restricted to the Mexican Pacific coast but populations remain stable.

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