Yellow-knobbed Curassow vs Grey-headed Chachalaca

Crax daubentoni comparado con Ortalis cinereiceps

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Yellow-knobbed Curassow Grey-headed Chachalaca
Nombre científico Crax daubentoni Ortalis cinereiceps
Orden Galliformes Galliformes
Familia Cracidae Cracidae
Estado de conservación Near Threatened Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 76,2 cm (30.0 in) 41,1 cm (16.2 in)
Peso 2383,3333333333335 g (84.07 oz) 566,5 g (19.98 oz)
Dieta Eats large fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on forest floor of Venezuelan and Colombian lowlands. Forages … Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and …
Tamaño de la puesta 2 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Yellow-knobbed Curassow only

Ninguno

Grey-headed Chachalaca only

Ninguno

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Song & Call Comparison

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

Canto

Emits a deep, resonant booming call; male produces guttural contact clucking. The boom carries through Venezuelan and Colombian dry and gallery forest at dawn.

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

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

Resident in Venezuela and adjacent Colombia. Found in lowland dry and gallery forest in the Llanos and Caribbean coast region.

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

Near Threatened

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

Plumaje

Male is black with white lower belly; curly black crest; prominent yellow knob at bill base; yellow bare facial skin. Female barred rufous and black with finely curled crest; yellow …

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

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

Pavón de Venezuela (Crax daubentoni) — Pavón de los bosques de tierras bajas de Venezuela y el noroeste de Colombia. El macho es negro con el vientre blanco y casquete rizado. Frugívoro. Amenazado por la caza y la deforestación.

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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