Bare-faced Curassow vs Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

Crax fasciolata comparado con Ortalis wagleri

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Bare-faced Curassow Rufous-bellied Chachalaca
Nombre científico Crax fasciolata Ortalis wagleri
Orden Galliformes Galliformes
Familia Cracidae Cracidae
Estado de conservación Vulnerable Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 71,0 cm (28.0 in) 48,3 cm (19.0 in)
Peso 2580,0 g (91.01 oz) 834,0 g (29.42 oz)
Dieta Frugivorous; eats large fallen fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on ground in Brazilian Cerrado, pantanal, and … 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

Bare-faced Curassow only

Ninguno

Rufous-bellied Chachalaca only

Ninguno

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Song & Call Comparison

Bare-faced Curassow

Canto

Produces a deep, resonant booming call; male and female give guttural clucking contact calls. Calls carry through Brazilian Cerrado and gallery forest at dawn.

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

Bare-faced Curassow

Resident in central South America from Brazil south to Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina. Found in cerrado, dry forest, and gallery woodland.

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

Vulnerable

Bare-faced Curassow

Least Concern

Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Bare-faced Curassow

Plumaje

Male is glossy black with white belly; curly crest; large area of bare yellow facial skin; yellow bill with no knob. Female is black barred with chestnut; extensive bare facial …

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

Bare-faced Curassow

Mutún del Brasil (Crax fasciolata) — Gran pavón de los bosques tropicales del interior de Sudamérica. El macho es negro con vientre blanco; la hembra tiene el plumaje barrado. Frugívoro. Amenazado por la caza y la pérdida de hábitat.

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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