Black Curassow vs Grey-headed Chachalaca
Crax alector comparado con Ortalis cinereiceps
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Atributo | Black Curassow | Grey-headed Chachalaca |
|---|---|---|
| Nombre científico | Crax alector | Ortalis cinereiceps |
| Orden | Galliformes | Galliformes |
| Familia | Cracidae | Cracidae |
| Estado de conservación | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Longitud | — | — |
| Envergadura | 79,0 cm (31.1 in) | 41,1 cm (16.2 in) |
| Peso | 3106,25 g (109.57 oz) | 566,5 g (19.98 oz) |
| Dieta | Frugivorous; eats large fallen fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on forest floor of Amazonian and Guianan … | Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and … |
| Tamaño de la puesta | 2-3 | 3 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Habitat Comparison
Song & Call Comparison
Black Curassow
Produces a deep, resonant booming call and guttural contact notes. The male's powerful boom echoes through Amazonian and Guyanan lowland forest at dawn.
Grey-headed Chachalaca
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.
Geographic Range & Migration
Black Curassow
Resident in the Guiana region from Venezuela and the Guianas south into northern Brazil. Found in lowland terra firme rainforest.
Grey-headed Chachalaca
Resident from Honduras south through Central America to Panama and northwestern Colombia. Found in humid forest and dense vegetation.
Estado de conservación
Black Curassow
Grey-headed Chachalaca
How to Tell Them Apart
Black Curassow
Male is entirely glossy black except for white lower belly and undertail; curly black crest; pale bluish-white knob at bill base; no yellow tones. Female dark brownish-black, faintly barred, with …
Grey-headed Chachalaca
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.
About These Birds
Black Curassow
Pavón negro (Crax alector) — Gran gallinácea de los bosques tropicales del norte de Sudamérica. El macho es negro brillante con casquete rizado y pico amarillo. La hembra es más parda. Frugívoro. Amenazado por la caza y la pérdida de hábitat.
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.