Wattled Curassow vs Grey-headed Chachalaca

Crax globulosa comparado com Ortalis cinereiceps

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Wattled Curassow Grey-headed Chachalaca
Nome científico Crax globulosa Ortalis cinereiceps
Ordem Galliformes Galliformes
Família Cracidae Cracidae
Estado de conservação Endangered Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 69,9 cm (27.5 in) 41,1 cm (16.2 in)
Peso 2500,0 g (88.18 oz) 566,5 g (19.98 oz)
Dieta Eats large fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on floors of Amazonian várzea forests. Vulnerable; forages along … Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and …
Tamanho da postura 2 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Wattled Curassow only

Nenhum

Grey-headed Chachalaca only

Nenhum

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Song & Call Comparison

Wattled Curassow

Canto

Emits a deep, resonant booming call and guttural contact clucking. Endangered; the deep boom carries through Amazonian flooded forest (várzea); increasingly rarely heard.

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

Wattled Curassow

Resident in the upper Amazon Basin from Colombia and Peru south to Bolivia and Brazil. Found in lowland and flooded várzea 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

Endangered

Wattled Curassow

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Wattled Curassow

Plumagem

Male glossy black with white belly; curly black crest; dark red knob and wattle at bill base; no yellow. Female black with pale barring; reddish bill ornaments present but smaller. …

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

Wattled Curassow

Mutum-de-penacho (Crax globulosa) — Mutum raro das várzeas amazônicas do Peru, Colômbia, Equador e Brasil. Plumagem preta com cera avermelhada globulosa. Habita florestas inundáveis ao longo de grandes rios amazônicos. Muito ameaçado pela caça e perda de floresta de várzea. Classificado como vulnerável pela IUCN.

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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