Yellow-knobbed Curassow vs West Mexican Chachalaca

Crax daubentoni comparado com Ortalis poliocephala

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Yellow-knobbed Curassow West Mexican Chachalaca
Nome científico Crax daubentoni Ortalis poliocephala
Ordem Galliformes Galliformes
Família Cracidae Cracidae
Estado de conservação Near Threatened Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 76,2 cm (30.0 in) 52,0 cm (20.5 in)
Peso 2383,3333333333335 g (84.07 oz) 760,0 g (26.81 oz)
Dieta Eats large fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on forest floor of Venezuelan and Colombian lowlands. Forages … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in West Mexican scrub and forest edges. Also …
Tamanho da postura 2 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Yellow-knobbed Curassow only

Nenhum

West Mexican Chachalaca only

Nenhum

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Song & Call Comparison

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

Canto

Emits a deep, resonant booming call; male produces guttural contact clucking. The boom carries through Venezuelan and Colombian dry and gallery forest at dawn.

West Mexican Chachalaca

Canto

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

Resident in Venezuela and adjacent Colombia. Found in lowland dry and gallery forest in the Llanos and Caribbean coast region.

West Mexican Chachalaca

Endemic to the Pacific coast of Mexico from Sonora south to Jalisco. Found in tropical dry forest and thorn scrub.

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Estado de conservação

Near Threatened

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

Least Concern

West Mexican Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

Plumagem

Male is black with white lower belly; curly black crest; prominent yellow knob at bill base; yellow bare facial skin. Female barred rufous and black with finely curled crest; yellow …

West Mexican Chachalaca

Plumagem

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 …

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About These Birds

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

Mutum-de-Daubenton (Crax daubentoni) — Mutum das florestas tropicais da Colômbia e Venezuela. Macho negro com cera vermelha e penas encaracoladas na cabeça; fêmea barrada. Habita florestas de baixada úmidas e semidecíduas. Caçado para alimentação, tornando-se localmente raro. Beneficia de reservas naturais no norte da Venezuela.

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.

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