Grey-headed Chachalaca vs Baudo Guan

Ortalis cinereiceps เปรียบเทียบกับ Penelope ortoni

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Grey-headed Chachalaca Baudo Guan
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Ortalis cinereiceps Penelope ortoni
อันดับ Galliformes Galliformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Cracidae Cracidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Endangered
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 41.1 cm (16.2 in) 53.5 cm (21.1 in)
น้ำหนัก 566.5 g (19.98 oz) 1025.5 g (36.17 oz)
อาหาร Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Chocó rainforests of Colombia and Ecuador. Diet …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

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Grey-headed Chachalaca only

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Baudo Guan only

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Song & Call Comparison

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.

Baudo Guan

เสียงร้อง

Produces a loud, resonant honking cackle and wing-whirring display flights. Calls carry through Colombian and Ecuadorian Chocó rainforest; wing-whirring display is dramatic.

Geographic Range & Migration

Grey-headed Chachalaca

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

Baudo Guan

Resident in the western Andes of Colombia in the Baudó Mountains. Found in humid foothill and montane forest, 100-1,700 m.

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Endangered

Baudo Guan

How to Tell Them Apart

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.

Baudo Guan

ขนนก

Dark brownish-black overall; throat red-skinned; neck and upper breast finely streaked white; lower underparts rufous-chestnut; tail long and dark; white streaking extends onto mantle.

About These Birds

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.

Baudo Guan

A medium-large cracid (~1 kg) of family Cracidae, with olive-brown plumage and a bare red throat. Endemic to the Baudó and western Andes of Colombia and possibly northwestern Ecuador. Inhabits humid lowland and foothill forests up to 1,200 m. Feeds on fruits and seeds in the forest canopy. Endangered due to severe deforestation in the Chocó biodiversity hotspot and hunting pressure.

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