Rufous-headed Chachalaca vs Bearded Guan

Ortalis erythroptera 比較対象 Penelope barbata

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Rufous-headed Chachalaca Bearded Guan
学名 Ortalis erythroptera Penelope barbata
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保全状況 Vulnerable Near Threatened
体長
翼開長 43.8 cm (17.2 in) 48.4 cm (19.1 in)
体重 632.5 g (22.31 oz) 822.8 g (29.02 oz)
食性 Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Pacific slope forests and forest edges of … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, leaves, and flowers in Andean cloud forests of Ecuador and Peru. …
一腹卵数 3 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Rufous-headed Chachalaca only

Bearded Guan only

None

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.

Bearded Guan

さえずり

Emits a loud, deep honking cackle and produces wing-whirring in display. Calls are resonant; the wing-whirr display is loud and penetrating in Ecuadorian and Peruvian cloud forest.

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.

Bearded Guan

Resident in the Andes of southern Ecuador and northern Peru at 1,800-3,400 m. Found in humid montane forest.

保全状況

Vulnerable

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Near Threatened

Bearded Guan

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.

Bearded Guan

羽毛

Dark olive-brown above; throat with bare red skin and feathered lower edge resembling beard; neck and breast finely streaked white on dark brown; lower belly rufous-chestnut; tail dark brown.

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.

Bearded Guan

エクアドルとペルーのアンデス南部に生息するグアンで、特徴的なあごの垂れ皮を持つ。絶滅危惧種に指定されており、生息地の保護が急務となっている。

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