Crestless Curassow vs Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Mitu tomentosum 比較対象 Ortalis erythroptera

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Crestless Curassow Rufous-headed Chachalaca
学名 Mitu tomentosum Ortalis erythroptera
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保全状況 Least Concern Vulnerable
体長
翼開長 72.9 cm (28.7 in) 43.8 cm (17.2 in)
体重 2268.75 g (80.03 oz) 632.5 g (22.31 oz)
食性 Eats fruits, seeds, and invertebrates in Amazonian lowland forests of Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil. Forages … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Pacific slope forests and forest edges of …
一腹卵数 2 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Crestless Curassow only

None

Rufous-headed Chachalaca only

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Song & Call Comparison

Crestless Curassow

さえずり

Emits a deep, resonant booming call; male's voice is extraordinarily loud. The deep, far-carrying booms of displaying males echo through Amazonian and Orinoco forest at dawn.

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

さえずり

Emits a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; individual calls are slightly higher than Rufous-vented. Dawn choruses carry across Ecuadorian and Peruvian coastal dry forest.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Crestless Curassow

Resident in the Orinoco and Amazon Basins of Venezuela, Colombia, and northern Brazil. Found in lowland rainforest and forest edges.

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Resident in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Found in tropical deciduous forest and scrub in the Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena region.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Crestless Curassow

Vulnerable

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Crestless Curassow

羽毛

Glossy black above and on breast; lower belly and undertail coverts white; bill large and bright red; no crest. White belly and red bill against black plumage create strong contrast.

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

羽毛

Brownish-olive body; head and upper neck warm rufous-cinnamon, distinctly contrasting with greyish-brown back; bare reddish throat wattle; underparts pale buff; tail dark with pale outer tips.

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About These Birds

Crestless Curassow

ベネズエラとコロンビア・ブラジル国境のアマゾン流域に生息するワティルドクラシオウ。体長80〜90cm。黒い羽毛と肉垂が特徴的。低地の熱帯雨林に生息し果実を食べる。脆弱種。

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~630 g) of family Cracidae, with a striking rufous head. Inhabits humid and deciduous forests, forest edges, and scrub in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Feeds on fruits and leaves in the forest understory and canopy. Vulnerable due to extensive deforestation in the Tumbesian region, one of the world's most threatened biodiversity hotspots.

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