Grey-headed Chachalaca vs Buff-browed Chachalaca

Ortalis cinereiceps comparé à Ortalis superciliaris

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut Grey-headed Chachalaca Buff-browed Chachalaca
Nom scientifique Ortalis cinereiceps Ortalis superciliaris
Ordre Galliformes Galliformes
Famille Cracidae Cracidae
Statut de conservation Least Concern Least Concern
Longueur
Envergure 41,1 cm (16.2 in) 35,1 cm (13.8 in)
Poids 566,5 g (19.98 oz) 549,3 g (19.38 oz)
Régime alimentaire Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in eastern Amazonian and Cerrado forest edges. Diet poorly …
Taille de la couvée 3 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

Grey-headed Chachalaca only

Aucun(e)

Buff-browed Chachalaca only

Aucun(e)

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Song & Call Comparison

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Chant

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.

Buff-browed Chachalaca

Chant

Produces a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus with individual calls slightly higher than Colombian Chachalaca. Dawn choruses carry across eastern Amazonian forest.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Resident from Honduras south through Central America to Panama and northwestern Colombia. Found in humid forest and dense vegetation.

Buff-browed Chachalaca

Resident in central and eastern Brazil from Mato Grosso to Pará and Maranhão. Found in cerrado and forest edges.

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Statut de conservation

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Least Concern

Buff-browed Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Plumage

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.

Buff-browed Chachalaca

Plumage

Olive-brown overall; distinctive buff-white supercilium above reddish bare facial skin; throat skin pink; underparts pale buff-grey; tail dark with pale outer-feather tips.

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About These Birds

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.

Buff-browed Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~550 g) of family Cracidae, with a pale buff supercilium above the eye. Found in lowland and foothill forests and scrublands of eastern and southeastern Brazil. Forages in small social groups on fruits, seeds, and leaves. Least Concern; closely related to other eastern Brazilian chachalacas and classified as Least Concern with a broadly stable population.

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