Bare-faced Curassow vs Rufous-vented Chachalaca

Crax fasciolata เปรียบเทียบกับ Ortalis ruficauda

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Bare-faced Curassow Rufous-vented Chachalaca
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Crax fasciolata Ortalis ruficauda
อันดับ Galliformes Galliformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Cracidae Cracidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Vulnerable Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 71.0 cm (28.0 in) 44.0 cm (17.3 in)
น้ำหนัก 2580.0 g (91.01 oz) 604.4 g (21.32 oz)
อาหาร Frugivorous; eats large fallen fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on ground in Brazilian Cerrado, pantanal, and … Eats fruits, berries, leaves, flowers, and small insects in Venezuelan forest edges, scrub, and coastal …
จำนวนไข่ 2-3 3-4
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

ถิ่นที่อยู่อาศัยร่วมกัน

Bare-faced Curassow only

Rufous-vented 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.

Rufous-vented Chachalaca

เสียงร้อง

Produces a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; individual notes are slightly harsher than Plain Chachalaca. Dawn choruses ring across Venezuelan and Trinidadian dry forest and 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.

Rufous-vented Chachalaca

Resident in northern Venezuela and Trinidad. Found in dry forest, scrub, and woodland edges in lowland areas.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Vulnerable

Bare-faced Curassow

Least Concern

Rufous-vented 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 …

Rufous-vented Chachalaca

ขนนก

Olive-brown above; grey head; bare reddish throat; underparts buff-grey grading to rich rufous-cinnamon on vent and undertail coverts; tail dark brown with buff-tipped 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.

Rufous-vented Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~605 g) of family Cracidae, with rufous undertail coverts and a bare red throat. Found in forest edges, thorn scrub, and deciduous woodland in Venezuela and Trinidad. Forages in groups for fruits, seeds, and leaves. Least Concern; a familiar bird in Venezuela, adapted to disturbed habitats and gardens as well as natural scrublands.

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