Grey-headed Chachalaca vs Cauca Guan

Ortalis cinereiceps 비교 대상 Penelope perspicax

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Grey-headed Chachalaca Cauca Guan
학명 Ortalis cinereiceps Penelope perspicax
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Vulnerable
체장
날개 폭 41.1 cm (16.2 in) 65.0 cm (25.6 in)
체중 566.5 g (19.98 oz) 1197.0 g (42.22 oz)
식성 Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, and leaves in Colombian Cauca Valley forests. Critically endangered with very …
산란 수 3 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Grey-headed Chachalaca only

없음

Cauca 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.

Cauca Guan

노래

Produces a loud, honking cackle and powerful wing-whirring display. Critically endangered; calls carry across Colombian Cauca Valley forest fragments; wing-whirr is diagnostic.

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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.

Cauca Guan

Endemic to the Cauca Valley of Colombia. Found in humid forest remnants at 1,000-2,000 m. Critically endangered.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Vulnerable

Cauca 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.

Cauca Guan

깃털

Dark brownish-black above; neck and breast streaked white; bare red throat skin; lower underparts deep rufous-chestnut; back faintly glossed; tail dark brown. White streaking is bolder than in most Penelope …

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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.

Cauca Guan

카우카갈링은 콜롬비아 카우카 계곡 안데스 서사면의 구름 숲에 서식하는 대형 새입니다. 매우 제한된 분포로 위기종으로 분류됩니다.

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