Black Guan vs Rufous-bellied Chachalaca
Chamaepetes unicolor comparado con Ortalis wagleri
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Atributo | Black Guan | Rufous-bellied Chachalaca |
|---|---|---|
| Nombre científico | Chamaepetes unicolor | Ortalis wagleri |
| Orden | Galliformes | Galliformes |
| Familia | Cracidae | Cracidae |
| Estado de conservación | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Longitud | — | — |
| Envergadura | 58,1 cm (22.9 in) | 48,3 cm (19.0 in) |
| Peso | 1135,0 g (40.04 oz) | 834,0 g (29.42 oz) |
| Dieta | Eats fruits, berries, leaves, and small invertebrates in Costa Rican and Panamanian montane forests. Forages … | Feeds on fruits, berries, seeds, leaves, and small invertebrates in Mexican thorn scrub and deciduous … |
| Tamaño de la puesta | 2-3 | 3 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Habitat Comparison
Song & Call Comparison
Black Guan
Produces a loud, harsh cackling call and wing-whirring. Calls carry through Costa Rican and Panamanian cloud forest; deep cackling notes are lower-pitched than many Penelope guans.
Rufous-bellied Chachalaca
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.
Geographic Range & Migration
Black Guan
Endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama at 1,600-3,000 m. Found in humid montane forest.
Rufous-bellied Chachalaca
Endemic to the Pacific coast of western Mexico from Sinaloa to Colima. Found in tropical dry forest and thorn scrub.
Estado de conservación
Black Guan
Rufous-bellied Chachalaca
How to Tell Them Apart
Black Guan
Uniformly glossy black throughout; bare bright blue facial skin around eye; no wattle or white markings; legs dark grey. One of the most uniformly coloured cracids; blue periorbital skin is …
Rufous-bellied Chachalaca
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.
About These Birds
Black Guan
Pava negra (Chamaepetes unicolor), 60–70 cm. Pava de plumaje enteramente negro con leve brillo; cara desnuda azul brillante; pico naranja-amarillento. Habita en selvas húmedas de montaña de Costa Rica y Panamá. Arborícola. Se alimenta principalmente de frutas. Endémica de América Central.
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.