Grey-headed Chachalaca vs Rusty-margined Guan

Ortalis cinereiceps 비교 대상 Penelope superciliaris

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Grey-headed Chachalaca Rusty-margined Guan
학명 Ortalis cinereiceps Penelope superciliaris
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Near Threatened
체장
날개 폭 41.1 cm (16.2 in) 49.7 cm (19.6 in)
체중 566.5 g (19.98 oz) 950.0 g (33.51 oz)
식성 Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, leaves, and small invertebrates in South American Atlantic and Cerrado forest …
산란 수 3 3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Grey-headed Chachalaca only

없음

Rusty-margined Guan only

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.

Rusty-margined Guan

노래

Emits a loud, resonant honking cackle and loud wing-whirring. Calls are similar to Spix's Guan; the wing-whirr display is standard for the genus in South American forest.

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.

Rusty-margined Guan

Resident in Brazil from Bahia south to Rio Grande do Sul and in adjacent Paraguay and Argentina. Found in Atlantic Forest and gallery woodland.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Near Threatened

Rusty-margined Guan

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.

Rusty-margined Guan

깃털

Dark brown above; prominent pale buff-white supercilium; bare red throat; breast streaked white; wing coverts and secondaries edged rusty-rufous; lower belly rufous-chestnut; tail dark.

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.

Rusty-margined Guan

갈색눈썹갈링은 브라질 전역과 볼리비아 동부의 다양한 숲 유형에 서식하는 대형 새입니다. 갈색 깃털에 흰 눈썹선이 뚜렷하며, 비교적 흔한 종입니다.

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