Wattled Curassow vs Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Crax globulosa comparado con Ortalis erythroptera

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Wattled Curassow Rufous-headed Chachalaca
Nombre científico Crax globulosa Ortalis erythroptera
Orden Galliformes Galliformes
Familia Cracidae Cracidae
Estado de conservación Endangered Vulnerable
Longitud
Envergadura 69,9 cm (27.5 in) 43,8 cm (17.2 in)
Peso 2500,0 g (88.18 oz) 632,5 g (22.31 oz)
Dieta Eats large fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on floors of Amazonian várzea forests. Vulnerable; forages along … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Pacific slope forests and forest edges of …
Tamaño de la puesta 2 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Wattled Curassow only

Ninguno

Rufous-headed Chachalaca only

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Song & Call Comparison

Wattled Curassow

Canto

Emits a deep, resonant booming call and guttural contact clucking. Endangered; the deep boom carries through Amazonian flooded forest (várzea); increasingly rarely heard.

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Canto

Emits a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; individual calls are slightly higher than Rufous-vented. Dawn choruses carry across Ecuadorian and Peruvian coastal dry forest.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Wattled Curassow

Resident in the upper Amazon Basin from Colombia and Peru south to Bolivia and Brazil. Found in lowland and flooded várzea forest.

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Resident in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Found in tropical deciduous forest and scrub in the Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena region.

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Estado de conservación

Endangered

Wattled Curassow

Vulnerable

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Wattled Curassow

Plumaje

Male glossy black with white belly; curly black crest; dark red knob and wattle at bill base; no yellow. Female black with pale barring; reddish bill ornaments present but smaller. …

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Plumaje

Brownish-olive body; head and upper neck warm rufous-cinnamon, distinctly contrasting with greyish-brown back; bare reddish throat wattle; underparts pale buff; tail dark with pale outer tips.

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About These Birds

Wattled Curassow

Pavón de cresta rizada (Crax globulosa) — Pavón poco común de la cuenca del Amazonas. El macho tiene el casquete erizado y la base del pico amarilla con un nódulo azul. Amenazado por la deforestación y la caza.

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~630 g) of family Cracidae, with a striking rufous head. Inhabits humid and deciduous forests, forest edges, and scrub in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Feeds on fruits and leaves in the forest understory and canopy. Vulnerable due to extensive deforestation in the Tumbesian region, one of the world's most threatened biodiversity hotspots.

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