Grey-headed Chachalaca vs Red-throated Piping-guan

Ortalis cinereiceps 比較対象 Pipile cujubi

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Grey-headed Chachalaca Red-throated Piping-guan
学名 Ortalis cinereiceps Pipile cujubi
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保全状況 Least Concern Vulnerable
体長
翼開長 41.1 cm (16.2 in) 69.6 cm (27.4 in)
体重 566.5 g (19.98 oz) 1200.0 g (42.33 oz)
食性 Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Amazonian forests. Forages in canopy; diet similar to …
一腹卵数 3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Grey-headed Chachalaca only

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Red-throated Piping-guan only

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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-throated Piping-guan

さえずり

Emits loud, piping calls and strong wing-whirring displays. Vulnerable; the resonant piping call echoes through southwestern Amazonian forest; wing-whirring display is diagnostic.

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-throated Piping-guan

Resident in the Amazon Basin from Venezuela and Colombia south to Bolivia and Brazil, north of the Amazon. Found in lowland forest.

保全状況

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Vulnerable

Red-throated Piping-guan

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-throated Piping-guan

羽毛

Glossy black overall; white wing patches; bare red throat skin and wattle distinguishing it from blue-wattled relatives; white forehead and crest; white neck spotting; red facial skin is distinctive.

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-throated Piping-guan

A large cracid (~1.2 kg) of family Cracidae, with a red-and-white throat wattle and white wing patches. Found in lowland Amazon rainforest in central and eastern Brazil, and parts of Bolivia and Peru. Arboreal frugivore, foraging in the forest canopy. Vulnerable due to ongoing deforestation and intensive hunting throughout its Amazonian range.

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