West Mexican Chachalaca vs Baudo Guan
Ortalis poliocephala 比較対象 Penelope ortoni
Side-by-Side Comparison
| 属性 | West Mexican Chachalaca | Baudo Guan |
|---|---|---|
| 学名 | Ortalis poliocephala | Penelope ortoni |
| 目 | Galliformes | Galliformes |
| 科 | Cracidae | Cracidae |
| 保全状況 | Least Concern | Endangered |
| 体長 | — | — |
| 翼開長 | 52.0 cm (20.5 in) | 53.5 cm (21.1 in) |
| 体重 | 760.0 g (26.81 oz) | 1025.5 g (36.17 oz) |
| 食性 | Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in West Mexican scrub and forest edges. Also … | Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Chocó rainforests of Colombia and Ecuador. Diet … |
| 一腹卵数 | 2-3 | 2 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Habitat Comparison
Song & Call Comparison
West Mexican Chachalaca
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.
Baudo Guan
Produces a loud, resonant honking cackle and wing-whirring display flights. Calls carry through Colombian and Ecuadorian Chocó rainforest; wing-whirring display is dramatic.
Geographic Range & Migration
West Mexican Chachalaca
Endemic to the Pacific coast of Mexico from Sonora south to Jalisco. Found in tropical dry forest and thorn scrub.
Baudo Guan
Resident in the western Andes of Colombia in the Baudó Mountains. Found in humid foothill and montane forest, 100-1,700 m.
保全状況
West Mexican Chachalaca
Baudo Guan
How to Tell Them Apart
West Mexican Chachalaca
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 …
Baudo Guan
Dark brownish-black overall; throat red-skinned; neck and upper breast finely streaked white; lower underparts rufous-chestnut; tail long and dark; white streaking extends onto mantle.
About These Birds
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.
Baudo Guan
エクアドルとペルーの太平洋岸低地林に生息するグアンで、絶滅危惧種。生息地の森林破壊と狩猟による圧力にさらされており、保護活動が行われている。