West Mexican Chachalaca vs Rusty-margined Guan

Ortalis poliocephala dibandingkan dengan Penelope superciliaris

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atribut West Mexican Chachalaca Rusty-margined Guan
Nama Ilmiah Ortalis poliocephala Penelope superciliaris
Ordo Galliformes Galliformes
Famili Cracidae Cracidae
Status Konservasi Least Concern Near Threatened
Panjang
Rentang Sayap 52,0 cm (20.5 in) 49,7 cm (19.6 in)
Berat 760,0 g (26.81 oz) 950,0 g (33.51 oz)
Diet Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in West Mexican scrub and forest edges. Also … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, leaves, and small invertebrates in South American Atlantic and Cerrado forest …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitat Bersama

West Mexican Chachalaca only

None

Rusty-margined Guan only

Song & Call Comparison

West Mexican Chachalaca

Kicauan

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.

Rusty-margined Guan

Kicauan

Emits a loud, resonant honking cackle and loud wing-whirring. Calls are similar to Spix's Guan; the wing-whirr display is standard for the genus in South American forest.

Geographic Range & Migration

West Mexican Chachalaca

Endemic to the Pacific coast of Mexico from Sonora south to Jalisco. Found in tropical dry forest and thorn scrub.

Rusty-margined Guan

Resident in Brazil from Bahia south to Rio Grande do Sul and in adjacent Paraguay and Argentina. Found in Atlantic Forest and gallery woodland.

Status Konservasi

Least Concern

West Mexican Chachalaca

Near Threatened

Rusty-margined Guan

How to Tell Them Apart

West Mexican Chachalaca

Bulu

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 …

Rusty-margined Guan

Bulu

Dark brown above; prominent pale buff-white supercilium; bare red throat; breast streaked white; wing coverts and secondaries edged rusty-rufous; lower belly rufous-chestnut; tail dark.

About These Birds

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.

Rusty-margined Guan

A medium-sized cracid (~950 g) of family Cracidae, with rusty-brown wing margins and a red wattle. Inhabits Atlantic Forest, cerrado woodland edges, and humid forests in eastern and central Brazil and bordering countries. Feeds on fruits, leaves, and seeds in forest canopy. Near Threatened due to Atlantic Forest loss and hunting; one of the most common guans in its range.

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