Rufous-headed Chachalaca vs Little Chachalaca

Ortalis erythroptera в сравнении с Ortalis motmot

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Rufous-headed Chachalaca Little Chachalaca
Научное название Ortalis erythroptera Ortalis motmot
Отряд Galliformes Galliformes
Семейство Cracidae Cracidae
Охранный статус Vulnerable Least Concern
Длина
Размах крыльев 43,8 cm (17.2 in) 41,4 cm (16.3 in)
Масса 632,5 g (22.31 oz) 482,5 g (17.02 oz)
Питание Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Pacific slope forests and forest edges of … Feeds on fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Amazonian and Guianan forest edges and gallery …
Размер кладки 3 3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Rufous-headed Chachalaca only

Little Chachalaca only

Нет

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.

Little Chachalaca

Пение

Produces a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; voice is somewhat higher-pitched than larger species. Dawn choruses echo across Amazonian and Guyanan lowland forest edge.

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.

Little Chachalaca

Resident in the Guiana region from Venezuela and the Guianas south into northern Brazil. Found in lowland forest.

Охранный статус

Vulnerable

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Least Concern

Little Chachalaca

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.

Little Chachalaca

Оперение

Small; olive-brown body with grey head; bare reddish throat skin; underparts pale buff-grey; tail brownish with whitish tips to outer feathers. One of the smallest chachalacas, otherwise typical in pattern.

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.

Little Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~480 g) of family Cracidae, one of the smaller chachalacas. Found in humid forests, second growth, and forest edges across the Guianas and northern Brazil to Amazonian Colombia. Feeds on fruits and seeds in the canopy and understory. Least Concern; widespread across Amazonian lowlands and relatively tolerant of habitat disturbance.

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