White-bellied Chachalaca vs Band-tailed Guan

Ortalis leucogastra в сравнении с Penelope argyrotis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика White-bellied Chachalaca Band-tailed Guan
Научное название Ortalis leucogastra Penelope argyrotis
Отряд Galliformes Galliformes
Семейство Cracidae Cracidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Least Concern
Длина
Размах крыльев 41,7 cm (16.4 in) 52,8 cm (20.8 in)
Масса 499,5 g (17.62 oz) 798,0 g (28.15 oz)
Питание Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Central American forest edges and scrubby second-growth … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, flowers, and buds in Andean forests of Venezuela and Colombia. …
Размер кладки 2-3 --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

White-bellied Chachalaca only

Band-tailed Guan only

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Song & Call Comparison

White-bellied Chachalaca

Пение

Emits a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; individual call is slightly higher and thinner. Dawn choruses ring across Central American Pacific slope forest and scrub.

Band-tailed Guan

Пение

Produces a loud, honking cackle and resonant wing-whirring in display flights. The deep, carrying honk and wing-whirr display is characteristic of this Andean Penelope guan.

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Geographic Range & Migration

White-bellied Chachalaca

Resident in Central America from Mexico south to Nicaragua. Found in tropical dry and humid forests and forest edges.

Band-tailed Guan

Resident in the Andes and mountains of Colombia and Venezuela from 1,000-2,400 m. Found in humid montane forest.

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Охранный статус

Least Concern

White-bellied Chachalaca

Least Concern

Band-tailed Guan

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How to Tell Them Apart

White-bellied Chachalaca

Оперение

Olive-brown upperparts; grey head with bare reddish throat; underparts strikingly white-bellied, contrasting sharply with brownish sides; tail dark with white tips on outer feathers.

Band-tailed Guan

Оперение

Brownish-black above with fine white streaking on neck and chest; bare red facial skin; lower underparts chestnut; tail broad with distinctive pale grey subterminal band.

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About These Birds

White-bellied Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~500 g) of family Cracidae, distinguished by pale whitish underparts. Found in Pacific lowland forests, scrub, and forest edges from southern Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica. Forages in noisy flocks on fruits, buds, and seeds in the forest canopy and edges. Least Concern; thrives in disturbed habitats and secondary growth across its Central American range.

Band-tailed Guan

A medium-sized cracid (~800 g) of family Cracidae, with a distinctive pale-tipped tail band. Inhabits montane humid forests in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Andes of Colombia and Venezuela. Arboreal, feeding on fruits, seeds, and buds in the canopy. Least Concern; restricted to Andean cloud forest but common within its range and tolerates some forest disturbance.

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