Little Chachalaca vs West Mexican Chachalaca
Ortalis motmot comparado con Ortalis poliocephala
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Atributo | Little Chachalaca | West Mexican Chachalaca |
|---|---|---|
| Nombre científico | Ortalis motmot | Ortalis poliocephala |
| Orden | Galliformes | Galliformes |
| Familia | Cracidae | Cracidae |
| Estado de conservación | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Longitud | — | — |
| Envergadura | 41,4 cm (16.3 in) | 52,0 cm (20.5 in) |
| Peso | 482,5 g (17.02 oz) | 760,0 g (26.81 oz) |
| Dieta | Feeds on fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Amazonian and Guianan forest edges and gallery … | Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in West Mexican scrub and forest edges. Also … |
| Tamaño de la puesta | 3 | 2-3 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Habitat Comparison
Song & Call Comparison
Little Chachalaca
Produces a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; voice is somewhat higher-pitched than larger species. Dawn choruses echo across Amazonian and Guyanan lowland forest edge.
West Mexican Chachalaca
Emits a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; individual calls are slightly lower than Plain Chachalaca. Dawn choruses boom across Mexico's Pacific slope thornscrub and tropical dry forest.
Geographic Range & Migration
Little Chachalaca
Resident in the Guiana region from Venezuela and the Guianas south into northern Brazil. Found in lowland forest.
West Mexican Chachalaca
Endemic to the Pacific coast of Mexico from Sonora south to Jalisco. Found in tropical dry forest and thorn scrub.
Estado de conservación
Little Chachalaca
West Mexican Chachalaca
How to Tell Them Apart
Little Chachalaca
Small; olive-brown body with grey head; bare reddish throat skin; underparts pale buff-grey; tail brownish with whitish tips to outer feathers. One of the smallest chachalacas, otherwise typical in pattern.
West Mexican Chachalaca
Olive-brown above with greyish head; bare reddish throat skin; underparts pale grey with buff-olive flanks; tail long and dark brown with white tips on outer feathers. Overall paler than eastern …
About These Birds
Little Chachalaca
A medium-sized cracid (~480 g) of family Cracidae, one of the smaller chachalacas. Found in humid forests, second growth, and forest edges across the Guianas and northern Brazil to Amazonian Colombia. Feeds on fruits and seeds in the canopy and understory. Least Concern; widespread across Amazonian lowlands and relatively tolerant of habitat disturbance.
West Mexican Chachalaca
A large chachalaca (~760 g) of family Cracidae, with a grey head and brownish body. Endemic to Mexico, inhabiting tropical dry and semi-deciduous forests of the Pacific coast from Jalisco to Oaxaca. Forages in groups for fruits, leaves, and seeds in forest canopy and understory. Least Concern; well adapted to secondary growth and forest edges throughout its restricted Mexican range.