Bare-faced Curassow vs Grey-headed Chachalaca

Crax fasciolata comparado com Ortalis cinereiceps

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Bare-faced Curassow Grey-headed Chachalaca
Nome científico Crax fasciolata Ortalis cinereiceps
Ordem Galliformes Galliformes
Família Cracidae Cracidae
Estado de conservação Vulnerable Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 71,0 cm (28.0 in) 41,1 cm (16.2 in)
Peso 2580,0 g (91.01 oz) 566,5 g (19.98 oz)
Dieta Frugivorous; eats large fallen fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on ground in Brazilian Cerrado, pantanal, and … 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

Bare-faced Curassow only

Grey-headed Chachalaca only

Nenhum

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Song & Call Comparison

Bare-faced Curassow

Canto

Produces a deep, resonant booming call; male and female give guttural clucking contact calls. Calls carry through Brazilian Cerrado and gallery forest at dawn.

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

Bare-faced Curassow

Resident in central South America from Brazil south to Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina. Found in cerrado, dry forest, and gallery woodland.

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

Vulnerable

Bare-faced Curassow

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Bare-faced Curassow

Plumagem

Male is glossy black with white belly; curly crest; large area of bare yellow facial skin; yellow bill with no knob. Female is black barred with chestnut; extensive bare facial …

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

Bare-faced Curassow

Mutum-de-fita (Crax fasciolata) — Mutum de médio porte da América do Sul central, do Brasil ao Paraguai e Bolívia. Macho negro com cera amarela; fêmea barrada acastanhada. Habita florestas semidecíduas e cerradão. Caçado intensivamente. Menos ameaçado do que outros mutuns graças a ocorrer parcialmente no Pantanal e cerrado mais acessíveis.

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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