Horned Guan vs Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Oreophasis derbianus 비교 대상 Ortalis erythroptera

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Horned Guan Rufous-headed Chachalaca
학명 Oreophasis derbianus Ortalis erythroptera
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
보전 상태 Endangered Vulnerable
체장
날개 폭 74.1 cm (29.2 in) 43.8 cm (17.2 in)
체중 2072.8 g (73.12 oz) 632.5 g (22.31 oz)
식성 Frugivorous; eats fruits, especially bromeliads, leaves, and invertebrates in Mexican and Guatemalan cloud forests. Endangered. Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Pacific slope forests and forest edges of …
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Horned Guan only

없음

Rufous-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.

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

노래

Emits a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; individual calls are slightly higher than Rufous-vented. Dawn choruses carry across Ecuadorian and Peruvian coastal dry forest.

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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.

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Resident in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Found in tropical deciduous forest and scrub in the Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena region.

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보전 상태

Endangered

Horned Guan

Vulnerable

Rufous-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.

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

깃털

Brownish-olive body; head and upper neck warm rufous-cinnamon, distinctly contrasting with greyish-brown back; bare reddish throat wattle; underparts pale buff; tail dark with pale outer tips.

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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.

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~630 g) of family Cracidae, with a striking rufous head. Inhabits humid and deciduous forests, forest edges, and scrub in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Feeds on fruits and leaves in the forest understory and canopy. Vulnerable due to extensive deforestation in the Tumbesian region, one of the world's most threatened biodiversity hotspots.

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