Black Guan vs Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Chamaepetes unicolor 比較対象 Ortalis erythroptera

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Black Guan Rufous-headed Chachalaca
学名 Chamaepetes unicolor Ortalis erythroptera
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保全状況 Least Concern Vulnerable
体長
翼開長 58.1 cm (22.9 in) 43.8 cm (17.2 in)
体重 1135.0 g (40.04 oz) 632.5 g (22.31 oz)
食性 Eats fruits, berries, leaves, and small invertebrates in Costa Rican and Panamanian montane forests. Forages … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Pacific slope forests and forest edges of …
一腹卵数 2-3 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Black Guan only

None

Rufous-headed Chachalaca only

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Song & Call Comparison

Black Guan

さえずり

Produces a loud, harsh cackling call and wing-whirring. Calls carry through Costa Rican and Panamanian cloud forest; deep cackling notes are lower-pitched than many Penelope guans.

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

さえずり

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

Black Guan

Endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama at 1,600-3,000 m. Found in humid montane 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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保全状況

Least Concern

Black Guan

Vulnerable

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Black Guan

羽毛

Uniformly glossy black throughout; bare bright blue facial skin around eye; no wattle or white markings; legs dark grey. One of the most uniformly coloured cracids; blue periorbital skin is …

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

羽毛

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

Black Guan

ホウカンチョウ科のやや大型鳥類(約1.1 kg)で全体に煤黒色の青い顔面皮膚を持つ。コスタリカとパナマ西部の山地雲霧林(1,200〜3,000 m)固有種。樹上生活。果食性。

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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