Red-billed Curassow vs West Mexican Chachalaca

Crax blumenbachii 比較対象 Ortalis poliocephala

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Red-billed Curassow West Mexican Chachalaca
学名 Crax blumenbachii Ortalis poliocephala
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保全状況 Endangered Least Concern
体長
翼開長 76.8 cm (30.2 in) 52.0 cm (20.5 in)
体重 3250.0 g (114.64 oz) 760.0 g (26.81 oz)
食性 Eats large fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on Atlantic forest floor in Brazil. Critically endangered; diet … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in West Mexican scrub and forest edges. Also …
一腹卵数 1-3 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Red-billed Curassow only

None

West Mexican Chachalaca only

None

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Song & Call Comparison

Red-billed Curassow

さえずり

Emits a deep, resonant booming call; contact calls are loud, guttural clucking. Endangered; the powerful boom echoes through remnant Atlantic forest; increasingly scarce.

West Mexican Chachalaca

さえずり

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Red-billed Curassow

Endemic to the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil in Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo. Found in lowland humid forest. Critically endangered.

West Mexican Chachalaca

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

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保全状況

Endangered

Red-billed Curassow

Least Concern

West Mexican Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Red-billed Curassow

羽毛

Male is glossy black with white lower belly; curly black crest; vivid red bill with no knob; no yellow facial skin. Female is black barred chestnut; bright red bill is …

West Mexican Chachalaca

羽毛

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 …

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About These Birds

Red-billed Curassow

レッドビルドクラシャウ(Crax blumenbachii)— ブラジル大西洋森林固有の大型のホッコ。赤い嘴コブをもつオスが特徴。絶滅の危機に瀕している。

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.

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