West Mexican Chachalaca vs Andean Guan
Ortalis poliocephala 비교 대상 Penelope montagnii
Side-by-Side Comparison
| 속성 | West Mexican Chachalaca | Andean Guan |
|---|---|---|
| 학명 | Ortalis poliocephala | Penelope montagnii |
| 목 | Galliformes | Galliformes |
| 과 | Cracidae | Cracidae |
| 보전 상태 | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| 체장 | — | — |
| 날개 폭 | 52.0 cm (20.5 in) | 48.3 cm (19.0 in) |
| 체중 | 760.0 g (26.81 oz) | 650.0 g (22.93 oz) |
| 식성 | Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in West Mexican scrub and forest edges. Also … | Eats fruits, berries, leaves, flowers, and buds in Andean cloud forests. Forages at all levels … |
| 산란 수 | 2-3 | 2 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Habitat Comparison
Song & Call Comparison
West Mexican Chachalaca
Emits a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; individual calls are slightly lower than Plain Chachalaca. Dawn choruses boom across Mexico's Pacific slope thornscrub and tropical dry forest.
Andean Guan
Emits deep, resonant honking calls and loud wing-whirring display flights. Andean cloud forest echoes with both calls and wing-whirring at dawn across multiple Penelope guans.
Geographic Range & Migration
West Mexican Chachalaca
Endemic to the Pacific coast of Mexico from Sonora south to Jalisco. Found in tropical dry forest and thorn scrub.
Andean Guan
Resident in the Andes from Venezuela and Colombia south to Bolivia at 1,500-3,600 m. Found in humid cloud forest and montane scrub.
보전 상태
West Mexican Chachalaca
Andean Guan
How to Tell Them Apart
West Mexican Chachalaca
Olive-brown above with greyish head; bare reddish throat skin; underparts pale grey with buff-olive flanks; tail long and dark brown with white tips on outer feathers. Overall paler than eastern …
Andean Guan
Dark olive-brown above; bare red throat wattle; neck and breast streaked white on dark background; lower belly and flanks rufous-chestnut; tail dark with slight gloss.
About These Birds
West Mexican Chachalaca
A large chachalaca (~760 g) of family Cracidae, with a grey head and brownish body. Endemic to Mexico, inhabiting tropical dry and semi-deciduous forests of the Pacific coast from Jalisco to Oaxaca. Forages in groups for fruits, leaves, and seeds in forest canopy and understory. Least Concern; well adapted to secondary growth and forest edges throughout its restricted Mexican range.
Andean Guan
안데스갈링은 베네수엘라에서 볼리비아에 걸쳐 안데스 산록 구름 숲에 서식하는 대형 새입니다. 어두운 갈색 깃털과 붉은 목살을 가지며 열매와 잎을 먹습니다.