Rufous-headed Chachalaca vs Red-throated Piping-guan

Ortalis erythroptera comparado com Pipile cujubi

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Rufous-headed Chachalaca Red-throated Piping-guan
Nome científico Ortalis erythroptera Pipile cujubi
Ordem Galliformes Galliformes
Família Cracidae Cracidae
Estado de conservação Vulnerable Vulnerable
Comprimento
Envergadura 43,8 cm (17.2 in) 69,6 cm (27.4 in)
Peso 632,5 g (22.31 oz) 1200,0 g (42.33 oz)
Dieta Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Pacific slope forests and forest edges of … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Amazonian forests. Forages in canopy; diet similar to …
Tamanho da postura 3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Rufous-headed Chachalaca only

Red-throated Piping-guan only

Nenhum

Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Canto

Emits a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; individual calls are slightly higher than Rufous-vented. Dawn choruses carry across Ecuadorian and Peruvian coastal dry forest.

Red-throated Piping-guan

Canto

Emits loud, piping calls and strong wing-whirring displays. Vulnerable; the resonant piping call echoes through southwestern Amazonian forest; wing-whirring display is diagnostic.

Geographic Range & Migration

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Resident in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Found in tropical deciduous forest and scrub in the Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena region.

Red-throated Piping-guan

Resident in the Amazon Basin from Venezuela and Colombia south to Bolivia and Brazil, north of the Amazon. Found in lowland forest.

Estado de conservação

Vulnerable

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Vulnerable

Red-throated Piping-guan

How to Tell Them Apart

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Plumagem

Brownish-olive body; head and upper neck warm rufous-cinnamon, distinctly contrasting with greyish-brown back; bare reddish throat wattle; underparts pale buff; tail dark with pale outer tips.

Red-throated Piping-guan

Plumagem

Glossy black overall; white wing patches; bare red throat skin and wattle distinguishing it from blue-wattled relatives; white forehead and crest; white neck spotting; red facial skin is distinctive.

About These Birds

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~630 g) of family Cracidae, with a striking rufous head. Inhabits humid and deciduous forests, forest edges, and scrub in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Feeds on fruits and leaves in the forest understory and canopy. Vulnerable due to extensive deforestation in the Tumbesian region, one of the world's most threatened biodiversity hotspots.

Red-throated Piping-guan

A large cracid (~1.2 kg) of family Cracidae, with a red-and-white throat wattle and white wing patches. Found in lowland Amazon rainforest in central and eastern Brazil, and parts of Bolivia and Peru. Arboreal frugivore, foraging in the forest canopy. Vulnerable due to ongoing deforestation and intensive hunting throughout its Amazonian range.

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