Rufous-headed Chachalaca vs Chestnut-winged Chachalaca

Ortalis erythroptera в сравнении с Ortalis garrula

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Rufous-headed Chachalaca Chestnut-winged Chachalaca
Научное название Ortalis erythroptera Ortalis garrula
Отряд Galliformes Galliformes
Семейство Cracidae Cracidae
Охранный статус Vulnerable Least Concern
Длина
Размах крыльев 43,8 cm (17.2 in) 42,7 cm (16.8 in)
Масса 632,5 g (22.31 oz) 639,0 g (22.54 oz)
Питание Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Pacific slope forests and forest edges of … Feeds on fruits, berries, leaves, and flowers in Colombian forest edges and scrubby thickets. Also …
Размер кладки 3 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Rufous-headed Chachalaca only

Нет

Chestnut-winged Chachalaca only

Нет

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Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Пение

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

Chestnut-winged Chachalaca

Пение

Emits a loud, raucous, repeated chachalaca chorus; individual call is a harsh, croaking caw-caw-cawk. Flocks call together from tree canopy at dawn in Colombian and Venezuelan coastal forest.

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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.

Chestnut-winged Chachalaca

Endemic to northern Colombia along the Caribbean slope. Found in humid tropical forest and forest edges.

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Охранный статус

Vulnerable

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Least Concern

Chestnut-winged Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Оперение

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.

Chestnut-winged Chachalaca

Оперение

Brownish-olive above; conspicuous chestnut-rufous wing panels visible in flight; grey head with bare reddish throat; underparts pale greyish-buff; graduated tail with white-tipped outer rectrices.

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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.

Chestnut-winged Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~640 g) of family Cracidae, identified by chestnut wing coloration visible in flight. Endemic to the Caribbean lowlands of northern Colombia. Inhabits forest edges, scrubby woodland, and second-growth vegetation near rivers. Feeds on fruits, seeds, and flowers in social groups. Least Concern; relatively restricted range but not considered threatened.

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