Great Curassow vs Grey-headed Chachalaca

Crax rubra 비교 대상 Ortalis cinereiceps

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Great Curassow Grey-headed Chachalaca
학명 Crax rubra Ortalis cinereiceps
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
보전 상태 Vulnerable Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 76.2 cm (30.0 in) 41.1 cm (16.2 in)
체중 3756.1666666666665 g (132.49 oz) 566.5 g (19.98 oz)
식성 Eats large fallen fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on forest floor in Central and South American … Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and …
산란 수 2 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Great Curassow only

Grey-headed Chachalaca only

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Song & Call Comparison

Great Curassow

노래

Emits a deep, resonant booming call; male also produces loud, crowing notes. The powerful boom carries through Central American and northwestern South American tropical forest at dawn.

Grey-headed Chachalaca

노래

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Great Curassow

Resident from Mexico through Central America south to western Ecuador and Colombia. Found in lowland and foothill humid forest to 1,500 m.

Grey-headed Chachalaca

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

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보전 상태

Vulnerable

Great Curassow

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Great Curassow

깃털

Male glossy black with white belly and curly black crest; bright yellow knob at bill base; female dimorphic with three morphs: barred brown, rufous, or black, all with barred tails …

Grey-headed Chachalaca

깃털

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.

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About These Birds

Great Curassow

Cracidae과의 대형 호아친(약 3.8kg)으로 수컷은 곱슬거리는 노란 볼기 혹이 있는 검은색. 멕시코부터 에콰도르, 콜롬비아까지 분포. 과식성; 사냥 압박과 서식지 손실로 취약종.

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.

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