Wattled Guan vs West Mexican Chachalaca

Aburria aburri 비교 대상 Ortalis poliocephala

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Wattled Guan West Mexican Chachalaca
학명 Aburria aburri Ortalis poliocephala
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 67.4 cm (26.5 in) 52.0 cm (20.5 in)
체중 1398.3333333333333 g (49.32 oz) 760.0 g (26.81 oz)
식성 Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, and leaves in Andean cloud forests of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in West Mexican scrub and forest edges. Also …
산란 수 -- 2-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Wattled Guan only

없음

West Mexican Chachalaca only

없음

Song & Call Comparison

Wattled Guan

노래

Emits a loud, resonant, booming honk and wing-whirring display. The deep, carrying boom echoes through Andean cloud forest; wing-whirring display is powerful and conspicuous.

West Mexican Chachalaca

노래

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.

Geographic Range & Migration

Wattled Guan

Resident in the Andes from Venezuela and Colombia south to Bolivia at 500-2,200 m. Found in humid montane forest.

West Mexican Chachalaca

Endemic to the Pacific coast of Mexico from Sonora south to Jalisco. Found in tropical dry forest and thorn scrub.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Wattled Guan

Least Concern

West Mexican Chachalaca

How to Tell Them Apart

Wattled Guan

깃털

Uniformly glossy greenish-black; prominent pendulous yellow-and-blue bare throat wattle; no white wing patches or streaking; legs dark grey. Striking yellow wattle is the sole bold adornment.

West Mexican Chachalaca

깃털

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 …

About These Birds

Wattled Guan

호관류과(Cracidae)에 속하는 대형 호관류(약 1.4kg)로, 온몸이 검은색이며 목 아래에 특징적인 노란색과 파란색 육수(肉垂)가 매달려 있다. 베네수엘라와 콜롬비아에서 페루까지 안데스 산악 운무림의 해발 500~2,500m에 서식한다. 수목성이며 과실과 씨앗을 먹는다. 관심 필요 종으로, 비교적 교란이 없는 외딴 안데스 운무림에 서식한다.

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.

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