Rufous-vented Chachalaca vs Buff-browed Chachalaca

Ortalis ruficauda 비교 대상 Ortalis superciliaris

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Rufous-vented Chachalaca Buff-browed Chachalaca
학명 Ortalis ruficauda Ortalis superciliaris
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 44.0 cm (17.3 in) 35.1 cm (13.8 in)
체중 604.4 g (21.32 oz) 549.3 g (19.38 oz)
식성 Eats fruits, berries, leaves, flowers, and small insects in Venezuelan forest edges, scrub, and coastal … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in eastern Amazonian and Cerrado forest edges. Diet poorly …
산란 수 3-4 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Rufous-vented Chachalaca only

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Buff-browed Chachalaca only

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Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-vented Chachalaca

노래

Produces a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; individual notes are slightly harsher than Plain Chachalaca. Dawn choruses ring across Venezuelan and Trinidadian dry forest and forest edge.

Buff-browed Chachalaca

노래

Produces a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus with individual calls slightly higher than Colombian Chachalaca. Dawn choruses carry across eastern Amazonian forest.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Rufous-vented Chachalaca

Resident in northern Venezuela and Trinidad. Found in dry forest, scrub, and woodland edges in lowland areas.

Buff-browed Chachalaca

Resident in central and eastern Brazil from Mato Grosso to Pará and Maranhão. Found in cerrado and forest edges.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Rufous-vented Chachalaca

Least Concern

Buff-browed Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Rufous-vented Chachalaca

깃털

Olive-brown above; grey head; bare reddish throat; underparts buff-grey grading to rich rufous-cinnamon on vent and undertail coverts; tail dark brown with buff-tipped outer feathers.

Buff-browed Chachalaca

깃털

Olive-brown overall; distinctive buff-white supercilium above reddish bare facial skin; throat skin pink; underparts pale buff-grey; tail dark with pale outer-feather tips.

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About These Birds

Rufous-vented Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~605 g) of family Cracidae, with rufous undertail coverts and a bare red throat. Found in forest edges, thorn scrub, and deciduous woodland in Venezuela and Trinidad. Forages in groups for fruits, seeds, and leaves. Least Concern; a familiar bird in Venezuela, adapted to disturbed habitats and gardens as well as natural scrublands.

Buff-browed Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~550 g) of family Cracidae, with a pale buff supercilium above the eye. Found in lowland and foothill forests and scrublands of eastern and southeastern Brazil. Forages in small social groups on fruits, seeds, and leaves. Least Concern; closely related to other eastern Brazilian chachalacas and classified as Least Concern with a broadly stable population.

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