Grey-headed Chachalaca vs White-winged Guan

Ortalis cinereiceps 비교 대상 Penelope albipennis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Grey-headed Chachalaca White-winged Guan
학명 Ortalis cinereiceps Penelope albipennis
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Endangered
체장
날개 폭 41.1 cm (16.2 in) 63.5 cm (25.0 in)
체중 566.5 g (19.98 oz) 1675.0 g (59.08 oz)
식성 Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Peruvian dry forest. Critically endangered; forages in canopy …
산란 수 3 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Grey-headed Chachalaca only

없음

White-winged Guan only

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Song & Call Comparison

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.

White-winged Guan

노래

Emits a loud, resonant honking cackle and wing-whirring. Endangered; deep, resonant calls are seldom heard now across Peruvian dry forest; wing-whirring display persists.

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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.

White-winged Guan

Endemic to arid valleys in northwestern Peru (Tumbes and Piura). Found in dry forest remnants. Critically endangered.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Endangered

White-winged Guan

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How to Tell Them Apart

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.

White-winged Guan

깃털

Dark brownish-black body; outer wing coverts white forming bold white patch visible in flight and at rest; bare reddish throat; breast finely streaked white; lower belly rufous; tail dark.

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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.

White-winged Guan

흰날개갈링은 페루 북서부 마라뇬강 유역의 건조 낙엽수림에 서식하는 대형 새입니다. 검은색 몸에 흰 날개 끝이 특징이며, 심각한 위기종으로 극히 제한된 지역에서만 발견됩니다.

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