Bare-faced Curassow vs Grey-headed Chachalaca

Crax fasciolata เปรียบเทียบกับ Ortalis cinereiceps

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Bare-faced Curassow Grey-headed Chachalaca
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Crax fasciolata Ortalis cinereiceps
อันดับ Galliformes Galliformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Cracidae Cracidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Vulnerable Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 71.0 cm (28.0 in) 41.1 cm (16.2 in)
น้ำหนัก 2580.0 g (91.01 oz) 566.5 g (19.98 oz)
อาหาร Frugivorous; eats large fallen fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on ground in Brazilian Cerrado, pantanal, and … Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and …
จำนวนไข่ 2-3 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

ถิ่นที่อยู่อาศัยร่วมกัน

Bare-faced Curassow only

Grey-headed Chachalaca only

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Song & Call Comparison

Bare-faced Curassow

เสียงร้อง

Produces a deep, resonant booming call; male and female give guttural clucking contact calls. Calls carry through Brazilian Cerrado and gallery forest at dawn.

Grey-headed Chachalaca

เสียงร้อง

Produces a loud, raucous cha-cha-lac chorus at dawn; individual notes are hoarser and lower than Plain Chachalaca. Groups call antiphonally from treetops in Central American forest edge.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Bare-faced Curassow

Resident in central South America from Brazil south to Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina. Found in cerrado, dry forest, and gallery woodland.

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Resident from Honduras south through Central America to Panama and northwestern Colombia. Found in humid forest and dense vegetation.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Vulnerable

Bare-faced Curassow

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Bare-faced Curassow

ขนนก

Male is glossy black with white belly; curly crest; large area of bare yellow facial skin; yellow bill with no knob. Female is black barred with chestnut; extensive bare facial …

Grey-headed Chachalaca

ขนนก

Olive-brown body; head and neck distinctly grey contrasting with brownish back; bare reddish throat skin; underparts pale buff-grey; tail graduated, brown with paler tips on outer feathers.

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About These Birds

Bare-faced Curassow

A large cracid (~2.6 kg) of family Cracidae, with bare yellow facial skin around the eye and a yellow-based bill. Inhabits gallery forests, cerrado woodland, and humid tropical forests of the Brazilian interior, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Forages on the forest floor and lower canopy. Vulnerable due to extensive cerrado and gallery forest clearing and hunting pressure.

Grey-headed Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~565 g) of family Cracidae, with a distinctive grey head and olive-brown body. Inhabits humid tropical forests, forest edges, and scrublands from Honduras south to northwestern Colombia. Forages in groups for fruits, berries, leaves, and insects in the understory and canopy. Least Concern; common throughout its range in Central American lowlands.

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