Scaled Chachalaca vs Andean Guan

Ortalis squamata 比較対象 Penelope montagnii

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Scaled Chachalaca Andean Guan
学名 Ortalis squamata Penelope montagnii
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 41.2 cm (16.2 in) 48.3 cm (19.0 in)
体重 559.0 g (19.72 oz) 650.0 g (22.93 oz)
食性 Eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Atlantic forest edges and secondary growth of southeastern … Eats fruits, berries, leaves, flowers, and buds in Andean cloud forests. Forages at all levels …
一腹卵数 3 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Scaled Chachalaca only

Andean Guan only

None

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Song & Call Comparison

Scaled Chachalaca

さえずり

Produces a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; calls are slightly deeper than East Brazilian Chachalaca. Groups call from treetops in southeastern Brazilian Atlantic forest edge at dawn.

Andean Guan

さえずり

Emits deep, resonant honking calls and loud wing-whirring display flights. Andean cloud forest echoes with both calls and wing-whirring at dawn across multiple Penelope guans.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Scaled Chachalaca

Resident in southeastern Brazil from Espírito Santo to Rio Grande do Sul. Found in Atlantic Forest and gallery woodland.

Andean Guan

Resident in the Andes from Venezuela and Colombia south to Bolivia at 1,500-3,600 m. Found in humid cloud forest and montane scrub.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Scaled Chachalaca

Least Concern

Andean Guan

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How to Tell Them Apart

Scaled Chachalaca

羽毛

Olive-brown above; grey head; bare reddish throat; breast and flanks prominently scaled with dark feather edges creating scalloped pattern; tail dark with pale-tipped outer feathers.

Andean Guan

羽毛

Dark olive-brown above; bare red throat wattle; neck and breast streaked white on dark background; lower belly and flanks rufous-chestnut; tail dark with slight gloss.

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About These Birds

Scaled Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~560 g) of family Cracidae, with scaly patterning on the neck and upper breast. Endemic to southeastern Brazil, inhabiting Atlantic Forest and its edges, humid lowland forests, and secondary vegetation. Forages in groups for fruits and seeds in the forest canopy. Least Concern; restricted to one of the world's most threatened biomes but adaptable to degraded habitats.

Andean Guan

アンデス山脈の雲霧林に広く分布するグアンで、コロンビアからボリビアまでの高地に生息する。アンデスの霧がかった森に適応した種で、果実や葉を採食する。

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