Grey-headed Chachalaca vs Red-faced Guan

Ortalis cinereiceps 比較対象 Penelope dabbenei

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Grey-headed Chachalaca Red-faced Guan
学名 Ortalis cinereiceps Penelope dabbenei
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 41.1 cm (16.2 in) 56.7 cm (22.3 in)
体重 566.5 g (19.98 oz) 1230.0 g (43.39 oz)
食性 Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Andean foothills forests of Bolivia and northwestern …
一腹卵数 3 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Grey-headed Chachalaca only

None

Red-faced Guan only

None

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Song & Call Comparison

Grey-headed Chachalaca

さえずり

Produces a loud, raucous cha-cha-lac chorus at dawn; individual notes are hoarser and lower than Plain Chachalaca. Groups call antiphonally from treetops in Central American forest edge.

Red-faced Guan

さえずり

Produces a loud, resonant honking cackle and wing-whirring display. Calls carry through Bolivian and Argentinian Yungas cloud forest; wing-whirring is a diagnostic display.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Resident from Honduras south through Central America to Panama and northwestern Colombia. Found in humid forest and dense vegetation.

Red-faced Guan

Resident in the foothills and mountains of northwestern Argentina and adjacent Bolivia at 500-1,800 m. Found in humid Yungas forest.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Least Concern

Red-faced Guan

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How to Tell Them Apart

Grey-headed Chachalaca

羽毛

Olive-brown body; head and neck distinctly grey contrasting with brownish back; bare reddish throat skin; underparts pale buff-grey; tail graduated, brown with paler tips on outer feathers.

Red-faced Guan

羽毛

Dark brownish-olive; extensive bare bright red facial skin from lores to ear-coverts (larger than other guans); throat red-wattled; breast finely streaked white; lower belly rufous; tail dark.

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About These Birds

Grey-headed Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~565 g) of family Cracidae, with a distinctive grey head and olive-brown body. Inhabits humid tropical forests, forest edges, and scrublands from Honduras south to northwestern Colombia. Forages in groups for fruits, berries, leaves, and insects in the understory and canopy. Least Concern; common throughout its range in Central American lowlands.

Red-faced Guan

アルゼンチン北部とボリビア南部の熱帯・亜熱帯林に生息するグアンで、分布域が限られた希少種。森林の伐採による生息地の消失が脅威となっている。

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