Rufous-headed Chachalaca vs Speckled Chachalaca

Ortalis erythroptera 比較対象 Ortalis guttata

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Rufous-headed Chachalaca Speckled Chachalaca
学名 Ortalis erythroptera Ortalis guttata
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保全状況 Vulnerable Least Concern
体長
翼開長 43.8 cm (17.2 in) 38.5 cm (15.2 in)
体重 632.5 g (22.31 oz) 502.25 g (17.72 oz)
食性 Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Pacific slope forests and forest edges of … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Amazonian forest edges and gallery forest. Also takes …
一腹卵数 3 3-4
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Rufous-headed Chachalaca only

Speckled Chachalaca only

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Song & Call Comparison

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.

Speckled Chachalaca

さえずり

Produces a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; individual calls have a slightly lower, coarser quality. Dawn choruses carry across Amazonian and Cerrado forest edge at sunrise.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

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

Speckled Chachalaca

Resident in the Amazon Basin from eastern Peru and Ecuador east to Brazil and the Guianas. Found in lowland rainforest.

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保全状況

Vulnerable

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Least Concern

Speckled Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

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.

Speckled Chachalaca

羽毛

Olive-brown upperparts with fine pale buff speckling on breast and foreneck; grey head; bare reddish throat; lower underparts pale buff; tail dark brown with whitish outer tips.

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About These Birds

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.

Speckled Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~500 g) of family Cracidae, with finely speckled neck and breast feathers. Inhabits forest edges, scrubby second growth, and riverine thickets across Amazonian South America. Social and highly vocal, foraging in groups for fruits, berries, and seeds in the understory and lower canopy. Least Concern; widespread and common across Amazonia.

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