Sickle-winged Guan vs Grey-headed Chachalaca

Chamaepetes goudotii comparado com Ortalis cinereiceps

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Sickle-winged Guan Grey-headed Chachalaca
Nome científico Chamaepetes goudotii Ortalis cinereiceps
Ordem Galliformes Galliformes
Família Cracidae Cracidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 50,7 cm (20.0 in) 41,1 cm (16.2 in)
Peso 702,0 g (24.76 oz) 566,5 g (19.98 oz)
Dieta Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Andean foothill and montane forests. Forages at … Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and …
Tamanho da postura 2-3 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Sickle-winged Guan only

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Grey-headed Chachalaca only

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Song & Call Comparison

Sickle-winged Guan

Canto

Emits a loud, resonant cackling call and loud wing-whirring. The guan call carries through Andean cloud forest; wing-whirring display flight is a diagnostic feature in the mountains.

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Canto

Produces a loud, raucous cha-cha-lac chorus at dawn; individual notes are hoarser and lower than Plain Chachalaca. Groups call antiphonally from treetops in Central American forest edge.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Sickle-winged Guan

Resident in the Andes from Colombia south to Bolivia at 1,500-3,400 m. Found in humid cloud forest.

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Resident from Honduras south through Central America to Panama and northwestern Colombia. Found in humid forest and dense vegetation.

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Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Sickle-winged Guan

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Sickle-winged Guan

Plumagem

Dark chestnut-brown above and on breast; lower belly rufous-chestnut; bare blue facial skin around eye; wings distinctively curved sickle-like; no wattle; tail dark brown.

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Plumagem

Olive-brown body; head and neck distinctly grey contrasting with brownish back; bare reddish throat skin; underparts pale buff-grey; tail graduated, brown with paler tips on outer feathers.

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About These Birds

Sickle-winged Guan

Jacuaçu-de-Goudot (Chamaepetes goudotii), 55–65 cm. Grande cracídeo com plumagem marrom-escura, barriga castanho-avermelhada, pele facial azul e bico azulado. Habita florestas úmidas de encosta nos Andes, da Colômbia ao Peru. Alimenta-se de frutas, sementes e folhas no dossel. Importante dispersor de sementes.

Grey-headed Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~565 g) of family Cracidae, with a distinctive grey head and olive-brown body. Inhabits humid tropical forests, forest edges, and scrublands from Honduras south to northwestern Colombia. Forages in groups for fruits, berries, leaves, and insects in the understory and canopy. Least Concern; common throughout its range in Central American lowlands.

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