Rufous-headed Chachalaca vs White-browed Guan

Ortalis erythroptera comparé à Penelope jacucaca

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut Rufous-headed Chachalaca White-browed Guan
Nom scientifique Ortalis erythroptera Penelope jacucaca
Ordre Galliformes Galliformes
Famille Cracidae Cracidae
Statut de conservation Vulnerable Vulnerable
Longueur
Envergure 43,8 cm (17.2 in) 56,1 cm (22.1 in)
Poids 632,5 g (22.31 oz) 1438,0 g (50.72 oz)
Régime alimentaire Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Pacific slope forests and forest edges of … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Brazilian caatinga dry forests. Vulnerable; forages in canopy …
Taille de la couvée 3 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

Aucun(e)

Rufous-headed Chachalaca only

White-browed Guan only

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Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Chant

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

White-browed Guan

Chant

Emits a loud, resonant honking cackle and wing-whirring display. Calls carry through Caatinga and dry Brazilian forest; one of the more arid-adapted Penelope guans.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

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

White-browed Guan

Endemic to the caatinga of northeastern Brazil in Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, and Piauí. Found in dry scrubland.

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Statut de conservation

Vulnerable

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Vulnerable

White-browed Guan

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How to Tell Them Apart

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Plumage

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.

White-browed Guan

Plumage

Dark brownish-black; distinctive broad white supercilium above bare red facial skin; throat wattled red; breast finely streaked white; lower belly rufous-chestnut; tail long and dark.

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About These Birds

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.

White-browed Guan

A large cracid (~1.4 kg) of family Cracidae, with a prominent white supercilium. Endemic to the caatinga scrublands and dry forests of northeastern Brazil. Inhabits dry deciduous forests, gallery forest, and scrubby vegetation. Arboreal frugivore. Vulnerable; one of the few large cracids adapted to Brazil's semi-arid caatinga, threatened by habitat loss and hunting.

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