Great Curassow vs West Mexican Chachalaca

Crax rubra 比較対象 Ortalis poliocephala

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Great Curassow West Mexican Chachalaca
学名 Crax rubra Ortalis poliocephala
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保全状況 Vulnerable Least Concern
体長
翼開長 76.2 cm (30.0 in) 52.0 cm (20.5 in)
体重 3756.1666666666665 g (132.49 oz) 760.0 g (26.81 oz)
食性 Eats large fallen fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on forest floor in Central and South American … 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

Great Curassow only

West Mexican 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.

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

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.

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

Vulnerable

Great Curassow

Least Concern

West Mexican 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 …

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

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。

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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