West Mexican Chachalaca vs White-throated Piping-guan
Ortalis poliocephala 비교 대상 Pipile grayi
Side-by-Side Comparison
| 속성 | West Mexican Chachalaca | White-throated Piping-guan |
|---|---|---|
| 학명 | Ortalis poliocephala | Pipile grayi |
| 목 | Galliformes | Galliformes |
| 과 | Cracidae | Cracidae |
| 보전 상태 | Least Concern | Near Threatened |
| 체장 | — | — |
| 날개 폭 | 52.0 cm (20.5 in) | 65.3 cm (25.7 in) |
| 체중 | 760.0 g (26.81 oz) | 1239.0 g (43.70 oz) |
| 식성 | Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in West Mexican scrub and forest edges. Also … | Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in South American lowland forests east of the … |
| 산란 수 | 2-3 | -- |
| 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.
White-throated Piping-guan
Produces loud, resonant piping calls and wing-whirring displays. Near Threatened; the clear, carrying piping call echoes through Bolivian and Brazilian Amazonian forest.
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.
White-throated Piping-guan
Resident in the Amazon Basin of Bolivia and Brazil, south of the Amazon River. Found in lowland rainforest.
보전 상태
West Mexican Chachalaca
White-throated Piping-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 …
White-throated Piping-guan
Glossy black body; large white wing patches; pale blue-white bare facial skin; pendulous wattle pale blue-white; white crest and white spotting on neck; throat area paler than Blue-throated relative.
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.
White-throated Piping-guan
A large cracid (~1.2 kg) of family Cracidae, with a white throat wattle and striking white wing patches. Found in humid lowland forests of Bolivia and western Mato Grosso, Brazil. Inhabits terra firme and seasonally flooded Amazonian forest. Feeds on fruits and seeds in the forest canopy. Near Threatened due to deforestation and hunting in southwestern Amazonia.