Salvin's Curassow vs West Mexican Chachalaca

Mitu salvini 比較対象 Ortalis poliocephala

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Salvin's Curassow West Mexican Chachalaca
学名 Mitu salvini Ortalis poliocephala
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 73.3 cm (28.9 in) 52.0 cm (20.5 in)
体重 3550.0 g (125.22 oz) 760.0 g (26.81 oz)
食性 Frugivorous; eats fruits, seeds, and small invertebrates on the ground and in the lower canopy … 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

Salvin's Curassow only

None

West Mexican Chachalaca only

None

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Song & Call Comparison

Salvin's Curassow

さえずり

Produces a deep, resonant booming call. Calls carry through Colombian and Ecuadorian Amazonian forest; the deep boom is the standard territorial call of the Mitu curassow genus.

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

Salvin's Curassow

Resident in the Amazon Basin of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. Found in lowland and foothill rainforest along rivers.

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

Least Concern

Salvin's Curassow

Least Concern

West Mexican Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Salvin's Curassow

羽毛

Glossy black overall; lower belly and vent white; large compressed red bill with pale yellow tip; no crest or knob. Virtually identical to Crestless Curassow; white lower belly and red …

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

Salvin's Curassow

コロンビアとペルーのアマゾン川流域に生息するサルビンクラシオウ。体長80〜85cm。黒い羽毛と赤い嘴が特徴的。低地の熱帯雨林で果実や種子を食べる。絶滅危惧種。

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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