Yellow-knobbed Curassow vs West Mexican Chachalaca

Crax daubentoni 比較対象 Ortalis poliocephala

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Yellow-knobbed Curassow West Mexican Chachalaca
学名 Crax daubentoni Ortalis poliocephala
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保全状況 Near Threatened Least Concern
体長
翼開長 76.2 cm (30.0 in) 52.0 cm (20.5 in)
体重 2383.3333333333335 g (84.07 oz) 760.0 g (26.81 oz)
食性 Eats large fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on forest floor of Venezuelan and Colombian lowlands. Forages … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in West Mexican scrub and forest edges. Also …
一腹卵数 2 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Yellow-knobbed Curassow only

None

West Mexican Chachalaca only

None

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Song & Call Comparison

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

さえずり

Emits a deep, resonant booming call; male produces guttural contact clucking. The boom carries through Venezuelan and Colombian dry and gallery forest at dawn.

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

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

Resident in Venezuela and adjacent Colombia. Found in lowland dry and gallery forest in the Llanos and Caribbean coast region.

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

Near Threatened

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

Least Concern

West Mexican Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

羽毛

Male is black with white lower belly; curly black crest; prominent yellow knob at bill base; yellow bare facial skin. Female barred rufous and black with finely curled crest; yellow …

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

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

イエローノブドクラシャウ(Crax daubentoni)— コロンビアとベネズエラの低地林に生息するホッコ。黄色い嘴コブをもつオスが特徴。

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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