Rufous-headed Chachalaca vs Trinidad Piping-guan

Ortalis erythroptera comparado com Pipile pipile

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Rufous-headed Chachalaca Trinidad Piping-guan
Nome científico Ortalis erythroptera Pipile pipile
Ordem Galliformes Galliformes
Família Cracidae Cracidae
Estado de conservação Vulnerable Critically Endangered
Comprimento
Envergadura 43,8 cm (17.2 in) 66,2 cm (26.1 in)
Peso 632,5 g (22.31 oz) 2150,0 g (75.84 oz)
Dieta Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Pacific slope forests and forest edges of … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Trinidadian forests. Critically endangered; forages in canopy.
Tamanho da postura 3 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Rufous-headed Chachalaca only

Trinidad Piping-guan only

Nenhum

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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.

Trinidad Piping-guan

Canto

Produces loud, resonant piping calls and strong wing-whirring displays. Critically endangered; calls carry through remnant Trinidad rainforest; the loudest vocalizations of any Pipile piping-guan.

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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.

Trinidad Piping-guan

Endemic to the island of Trinidad (not Tobago). Found in lowland rainforest remnants. Critically endangered.

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Estado de conservação

Vulnerable

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Critically Endangered

Trinidad Piping-guan

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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.

Trinidad Piping-guan

Plumagem

Glossy black overall; large white wing patches; bare blue facial skin and pendulous blue-and-white wattle; white crest; white streaking on neck. Spectacular ornamental facial features.

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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.

Trinidad Piping-guan

A large cracid (~2.2 kg) of family Cracidae, with bold white wing patches and a blue-and-white facial wattle. Endemic to the island of Trinidad; the only Pipile species in the Caribbean. Inhabits primary and mature secondary rainforest. Feeds on fruits and seeds in the canopy. Critically Endangered; one of the world's rarest birds, with fewer than 200 individuals surviving.

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