West Mexican Chachalaca vs Band-tailed Guan

Ortalis poliocephala 비교 대상 Penelope argyrotis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 West Mexican Chachalaca Band-tailed Guan
학명 Ortalis poliocephala Penelope argyrotis
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 52.0 cm (20.5 in) 52.8 cm (20.8 in)
체중 760.0 g (26.81 oz) 798.0 g (28.15 oz)
식성 Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in West Mexican scrub and forest edges. Also … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, flowers, and buds in Andean forests of Venezuela and Colombia. …
산란 수 2-3 --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

West Mexican Chachalaca only

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Band-tailed Guan only

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Song & Call Comparison

West Mexican Chachalaca

노래

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.

Band-tailed Guan

노래

Produces a loud, honking cackle and resonant wing-whirring in display flights. The deep, carrying honk and wing-whirr display is characteristic of this Andean Penelope guan.

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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.

Band-tailed Guan

Resident in the Andes and mountains of Colombia and Venezuela from 1,000-2,400 m. Found in humid montane forest.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

West Mexican Chachalaca

Least Concern

Band-tailed Guan

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How to Tell Them Apart

West Mexican Chachalaca

깃털

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 …

Band-tailed Guan

깃털

Brownish-black above with fine white streaking on neck and chest; bare red facial skin; lower underparts chestnut; tail broad with distinctive pale grey subterminal band.

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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.

Band-tailed Guan

은후두갈링은 콜롬비아와 베네수엘라 안데스 구름 숲에 서식하는 대형 새입니다. 광택 있는 갈색 깃털에 붉은 목살이 특징이며, 열매와 잎을 먹습니다.

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