Rufous-headed Chachalaca vs Spix's Guan

Ortalis erythroptera в сравнении с Penelope jacquacu

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Rufous-headed Chachalaca Spix's Guan
Научное название Ortalis erythroptera Penelope jacquacu
Отряд Galliformes Galliformes
Семейство Cracidae Cracidae
Охранный статус Vulnerable Least Concern
Длина
Размах крыльев 43,8 cm (17.2 in) 59,3 cm (23.3 in)
Масса 632,5 g (22.31 oz) 1469,5 g (51.84 oz)
Питание Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Pacific slope forests and forest edges of … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Amazonian lowland forests. Forages in canopy and …
Размер кладки 3 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Rufous-headed Chachalaca only

Spix's Guan 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.

Spix's Guan

Пение

Produces a loud, resonant honking cackle; wing-whirring display is vigorous. Calls are deeper and louder than smaller guans; echoes through Amazonian terra firme canopy.

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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.

Spix's Guan

Resident in the Amazon Basin from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia and Brazil. Found in lowland rainforest, especially along rivers.

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Охранный статус

Vulnerable

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Least Concern

Spix's Guan

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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.

Spix's Guan

Оперение

Predominantly dark olive-brown; bare reddish throat wattle; neck and breast streaked white; lower belly and flanks rufous; wing coverts with fine pale edging; tail long, dark brown.

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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.

Spix's Guan

A large cracid (~1.5 kg) of family Cracidae, with olive-brown plumage and a red wattle. Inhabits lowland tropical rainforests across Amazonia in Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, and Venezuela. Arboreal, feeding heavily on fruits, seeds, and leaves in the canopy. Least Concern; widespread and relatively common in undisturbed Amazonian forest.

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