Rufous-headed Chachalaca vs Rusty-margined Guan

Ortalis erythroptera 비교 대상 Penelope superciliaris

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Rufous-headed Chachalaca Rusty-margined Guan
학명 Ortalis erythroptera Penelope superciliaris
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
보전 상태 Vulnerable Near Threatened
체장
날개 폭 43.8 cm (17.2 in) 49.7 cm (19.6 in)
체중 632.5 g (22.31 oz) 950.0 g (33.51 oz)
식성 Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Pacific slope forests and forest edges of … 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

Rufous-headed Chachalaca only

없음

Rusty-margined Guan only

Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

노래

Emits a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; individual calls are slightly higher than Rufous-vented. Dawn choruses carry across Ecuadorian and Peruvian coastal dry forest.

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

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Resident in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Found in tropical deciduous forest and scrub in the Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena region.

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

Vulnerable

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Near Threatened

Rusty-margined Guan

How to Tell Them Apart

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

깃털

Brownish-olive body; head and upper neck warm rufous-cinnamon, distinctly contrasting with greyish-brown back; bare reddish throat wattle; underparts pale buff; tail dark with pale outer tips.

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

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~630 g) of family Cracidae, with a striking rufous head. Inhabits humid and deciduous forests, forest edges, and scrub in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Feeds on fruits and leaves in the forest understory and canopy. Vulnerable due to extensive deforestation in the Tumbesian region, one of the world's most threatened biodiversity hotspots.

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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