Great Curassow vs Grey-headed Chachalaca

Crax rubra 比較対象 Ortalis cinereiceps

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Great Curassow Grey-headed Chachalaca
学名 Crax rubra Ortalis cinereiceps
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保全状況 Vulnerable Least Concern
体長
翼開長 76.2 cm (30.0 in) 41.1 cm (16.2 in)
体重 3756.1666666666665 g (132.49 oz) 566.5 g (19.98 oz)
食性 Eats large fallen fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on forest floor in Central and South American … Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and …
一腹卵数 2 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Great Curassow only

Grey-headed Chachalaca only

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Song & Call Comparison

Great Curassow

さえずり

Emits a deep, resonant booming call; male also produces loud, crowing notes. The powerful boom carries through Central American and northwestern South American tropical forest at dawn.

Grey-headed Chachalaca

さえずり

Produces a loud, raucous cha-cha-lac chorus at dawn; individual notes are hoarser and lower than Plain Chachalaca. Groups call antiphonally from treetops in Central American forest edge.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Great Curassow

Resident from Mexico through Central America south to western Ecuador and Colombia. Found in lowland and foothill humid forest to 1,500 m.

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Resident from Honduras south through Central America to Panama and northwestern Colombia. Found in humid forest and dense vegetation.

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保全状況

Vulnerable

Great Curassow

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Great Curassow

羽毛

Male glossy black with white belly and curly black crest; bright yellow knob at bill base; female dimorphic with three morphs: barred brown, rufous, or black, all with barred tails …

Grey-headed Chachalaca

羽毛

Olive-brown body; head and neck distinctly grey contrasting with brownish back; bare reddish throat skin; underparts pale buff-grey; tail graduated, brown with paler tips on outer feathers.

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About These Birds

Great Curassow

グレートクラシャウ(Crax rubra)— 中央アメリカとコロンビア北西部の雨林に生息する大型のホッコ。オスは黄色いコブをもつ黒い鳥で、メスは縞模様をもつ。

Grey-headed Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~565 g) of family Cracidae, with a distinctive grey head and olive-brown body. Inhabits humid tropical forests, forest edges, and scrublands from Honduras south to northwestern Colombia. Forages in groups for fruits, berries, leaves, and insects in the understory and canopy. Least Concern; common throughout its range in Central American lowlands.

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