Horned Guan vs Grey-headed Chachalaca

Oreophasis derbianus 비교 대상 Ortalis cinereiceps

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Horned Guan Grey-headed Chachalaca
학명 Oreophasis derbianus Ortalis cinereiceps
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
보전 상태 Endangered Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 74.1 cm (29.2 in) 41.1 cm (16.2 in)
체중 2072.8 g (73.12 oz) 566.5 g (19.98 oz)
식성 Frugivorous; eats fruits, especially bromeliads, leaves, and invertebrates in Mexican and Guatemalan cloud forests. Endangered. Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and …
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Habitat Comparison

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Horned Guan only

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Grey-headed Chachalaca only

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Song & Call Comparison

Horned Guan

노래

Emits a deep, resonant booming call and loud wing-whirring display. The extraordinary, far-carrying boom is one of the most powerful calls in the cloud forest; wing-whirring is vigorous.

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

Horned Guan

Endemic to the volcanic highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, and adjacent Guatemala at 2,000-3,300 m. Found in cloud forest. Endangered.

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

Endangered

Horned Guan

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Horned Guan

깃털

Black above with white streaking; white below with black streaking; extraordinary erect red horn on crown; bare red facial skin; white iris; legs red. The horn is unique among cracids.

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

Horned Guan

A large cracid (~2 kg) of family Cracidae, unique for a bright red bony horn projecting from the crown. Endemic to cloud forests above 2,000 m in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas of Mexico and adjacent Guatemala. Feeds on fruits and leaves in the forest canopy. Endangered; one of the world's most distinctive birds, threatened by cloud forest loss and hunting.

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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