Rufous-headed Chachalaca vs White-crested Guan

Ortalis erythroptera 比較対象 Penelope pileata

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Rufous-headed Chachalaca White-crested Guan
学名 Ortalis erythroptera Penelope pileata
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保全状況 Vulnerable Vulnerable
体長
翼開長 43.8 cm (17.2 in) 64.4 cm (25.4 in)
体重 632.5 g (22.31 oz) 1305.0 g (46.03 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 Brazilian Amazonian and transition forests. Forages in canopy …
一腹卵数 3 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Rufous-headed Chachalaca only

White-crested 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.

White-crested Guan

さえずり

Emits a loud, resonant honking cackle and powerful wing-whirring. Calls carry through the remaining Amazonian rainforest; wing-whirring display is sustained and audible from afar.

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.

White-crested Guan

Endemic to central and western Amazonian Brazil in Pará and Amazonas. Found in tall terra firme rainforest.

保全状況

Vulnerable

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Vulnerable

White-crested 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.

White-crested Guan

羽毛

Dark brownish-black; striking white bushy crest on crown; bare red throat wattle; neck and breast streaked white; lower belly rufous; tail dark. White crest is the unmistakable feature.

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.

White-crested Guan

ブラジル東部の大西洋岸森林に生息するグアンで、目立つ赤い肉垂が特徴的。生息地の大幅な消失により絶滅危惧種に指定されており、保護が急務となっている。

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