Black Guan vs Rufous-vented Chachalaca

Chamaepetes unicolor 比較対象 Ortalis ruficauda

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Black Guan Rufous-vented Chachalaca
学名 Chamaepetes unicolor Ortalis ruficauda
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 58.1 cm (22.9 in) 44.0 cm (17.3 in)
体重 1135.0 g (40.04 oz) 604.4 g (21.32 oz)
食性 Eats fruits, berries, leaves, and small invertebrates in Costa Rican and Panamanian montane forests. Forages … Eats fruits, berries, leaves, flowers, and small insects in Venezuelan forest edges, scrub, and coastal …
一腹卵数 2-3 3-4
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Black Guan only

None

Rufous-vented Chachalaca only

None

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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-vented Chachalaca

さえずり

Produces a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; individual notes are slightly harsher than Plain Chachalaca. Dawn choruses ring across Venezuelan and Trinidadian dry forest and forest edge.

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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-vented Chachalaca

Resident in northern Venezuela and Trinidad. Found in dry forest, scrub, and woodland edges in lowland areas.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Black Guan

Least Concern

Rufous-vented 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-vented Chachalaca

羽毛

Olive-brown above; grey head; bare reddish throat; underparts buff-grey grading to rich rufous-cinnamon on vent and undertail coverts; tail dark brown with buff-tipped outer feathers.

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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-vented Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~605 g) of family Cracidae, with rufous undertail coverts and a bare red throat. Found in forest edges, thorn scrub, and deciduous woodland in Venezuela and Trinidad. Forages in groups for fruits, seeds, and leaves. Least Concern; a familiar bird in Venezuela, adapted to disturbed habitats and gardens as well as natural scrublands.

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