Rufous-headed Chachalaca vs Scaled Chachalaca

Ortalis erythroptera в сравнении с Ortalis squamata

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Rufous-headed Chachalaca Scaled Chachalaca
Научное название Ortalis erythroptera Ortalis squamata
Отряд Galliformes Galliformes
Семейство Cracidae Cracidae
Охранный статус Vulnerable Least Concern
Длина
Размах крыльев 43,8 cm (17.2 in) 41,2 cm (16.2 in)
Масса 632,5 g (22.31 oz) 559,0 g (19.72 oz)
Питание Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Pacific slope forests and forest edges of … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Atlantic forest edges and secondary growth of southeastern …
Размер кладки 3 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Rufous-headed Chachalaca only

Scaled Chachalaca only

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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.

Scaled Chachalaca

Пение

Produces a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; calls are slightly deeper than East Brazilian Chachalaca. Groups call from treetops in southeastern Brazilian Atlantic forest edge at dawn.

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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.

Scaled Chachalaca

Resident in southeastern Brazil from Espírito Santo to Rio Grande do Sul. Found in Atlantic Forest and gallery woodland.

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Охранный статус

Vulnerable

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Least Concern

Scaled 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.

Scaled Chachalaca

Оперение

Olive-brown above; grey head; bare reddish throat; breast and flanks prominently scaled with dark feather edges creating scalloped pattern; tail dark with pale-tipped outer feathers.

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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.

Scaled Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~560 g) of family Cracidae, with scaly patterning on the neck and upper breast. Endemic to southeastern Brazil, inhabiting Atlantic Forest and its edges, humid lowland forests, and secondary vegetation. Forages in groups for fruits and seeds in the forest canopy. Least Concern; restricted to one of the world's most threatened biomes but adaptable to degraded habitats.

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