Sickle-winged Guan vs Rufous-vented Chachalaca

Chamaepetes goudotii comparado com Ortalis ruficauda

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Sickle-winged Guan Rufous-vented Chachalaca
Nome científico Chamaepetes goudotii Ortalis ruficauda
Ordem Galliformes Galliformes
Família Cracidae Cracidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 50,7 cm (20.0 in) 44,0 cm (17.3 in)
Peso 702,0 g (24.76 oz) 604,4 g (21.32 oz)
Dieta Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Andean foothill and montane forests. Forages at … Eats fruits, berries, leaves, flowers, and small insects in Venezuelan forest edges, scrub, and coastal …
Tamanho da postura 2-3 3-4
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Sickle-winged Guan only

Nenhum

Rufous-vented Chachalaca only

Nenhum

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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.

Rufous-vented Chachalaca

Canto

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.

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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.

Rufous-vented Chachalaca

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

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Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Sickle-winged Guan

Least Concern

Rufous-vented 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.

Rufous-vented Chachalaca

Plumagem

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.

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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.

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.

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