Grey-headed Chachalaca vs Highland Guan

Ortalis cinereiceps 비교 대상 Penelopina nigra

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Grey-headed Chachalaca Highland Guan
학명 Ortalis cinereiceps Penelopina nigra
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Vulnerable
체장
날개 폭 41.1 cm (16.2 in) 47.9 cm (18.9 in)
체중 566.5 g (19.98 oz) 890.0 g (31.39 oz)
식성 Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Central American highland forests. Forages in forest mid-storey …
산란 수 3 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Grey-headed Chachalaca only

없음

Highland Guan only

없음

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.

Highland Guan

노래

Produces a loud, resonant cackling call and wing-whirring display. The male's calls carry through Central American cloud forest; wing-whirring display is a key feature of this highland cracid.

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.

Highland Guan

Resident in the highlands of Mexico and Central America from Chiapas south to Nicaragua at 1,200-3,000 m. Found in cloud forest and pine-oak woodland.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Vulnerable

Highland 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.

Highland Guan

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.

Highland Guan

검은갈링은 멕시코 남부에서 니카라과에 걸쳐 중앙아메리카 고지대 구름 숲에 서식하는 중형 새입니다. 수컷은 광택 있는 검은색이며, 취약종으로 분류됩니다.

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