Bare-faced Curassow vs Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

Crax fasciolata в сравнении с Ortalis wagleri

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Bare-faced Curassow Rufous-bellied Chachalaca
Научное название Crax fasciolata Ortalis wagleri
Отряд Galliformes Galliformes
Семейство Cracidae Cracidae
Охранный статус Vulnerable Least Concern
Длина
Размах крыльев 71,0 cm (28.0 in) 48,3 cm (19.0 in)
Масса 2580,0 g (91.01 oz) 834,0 g (29.42 oz)
Питание Frugivorous; eats large fallen fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on ground in Brazilian Cerrado, pantanal, and … Feeds on fruits, berries, seeds, leaves, and small invertebrates in Mexican thorn scrub and deciduous …
Размер кладки 2-3 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Bare-faced Curassow only

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Song & Call Comparison

Bare-faced Curassow

Пение

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

Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

Пение

Produces a loud, deep raucous chorus; the lowest-pitched Ortalis chachalaca call. The deep, resonant cha-cha-LAC booms across Mexican Pacific slope deciduous forest at dawn.

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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.

Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

Endemic to the Pacific coast of western Mexico from Sinaloa to Colima. Found in tropical dry forest and thorn scrub.

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Охранный статус

Vulnerable

Bare-faced Curassow

Least Concern

Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Bare-faced Curassow

Оперение

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 …

Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

Оперение

Olive-brown above; head grey with bare reddish throat; underparts strongly washed rufous-buff becoming deep rufous on belly and flanks; graduated tail dark brown with pale-tipped outer feathers.

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About These Birds

Bare-faced Curassow

A large cracid (~2.6 kg) of family Cracidae, with bare yellow facial skin around the eye and a yellow-based bill. Inhabits gallery forests, cerrado woodland, and humid tropical forests of the Brazilian interior, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Forages on the forest floor and lower canopy. Vulnerable due to extensive cerrado and gallery forest clearing and hunting pressure.

Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

A larger chachalaca (~834 g) of family Cracidae, with a rufous wash on the underparts. Endemic to the Pacific slope of northwestern Mexico, from Sonora to Jalisco. Inhabits tropical dry forest, thorn scrub, and deciduous woodland. Forages in groups on fruits, seeds, and insects. Least Concern; range restricted to the Mexican Pacific coast but populations remain stable.

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