Grey-headed Chachalaca vs Red-faced Guan

Ortalis cinereiceps 비교 대상 Penelope dabbenei

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Grey-headed Chachalaca Red-faced Guan
학명 Ortalis cinereiceps Penelope dabbenei
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 41.1 cm (16.2 in) 56.7 cm (22.3 in)
체중 566.5 g (19.98 oz) 1230.0 g (43.39 oz)
식성 Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Andean foothills forests of Bolivia and northwestern …
산란 수 3 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Grey-headed Chachalaca only

없음

Red-faced 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.

Red-faced Guan

노래

Produces a loud, resonant honking cackle and wing-whirring display. Calls carry through Bolivian and Argentinian Yungas cloud forest; wing-whirring is a diagnostic display.

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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.

Red-faced Guan

Resident in the foothills and mountains of northwestern Argentina and adjacent Bolivia at 500-1,800 m. Found in humid Yungas forest.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Least Concern

Red-faced 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.

Red-faced Guan

깃털

Dark brownish-olive; extensive bare bright red facial skin from lores to ear-coverts (larger than other guans); throat red-wattled; 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.

Red-faced Guan

붉은목갈링은 볼리비아에서 아르헨티나 북부에 걸쳐 산기슭 낙엽수림과 관목 숲에 서식하는 대형 새입니다. 취약종이며 안데스 산록 지역에서 주로 발견됩니다.

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