Bare-faced Curassow vs Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

Crax fasciolata ile kıyaslandığında Ortalis wagleri

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Bare-faced Curassow Rufous-bellied Chachalaca
Bilimsel Ad Crax fasciolata Ortalis wagleri
Takım Galliformes Galliformes
Familya Cracidae Cracidae
Koruma Durumu Vulnerable Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 71,0 cm (28.0 in) 48,3 cm (19.0 in)
Ağırlık 2580,0 g (91.01 oz) 834,0 g (29.42 oz)
Beslenme Frugivorous; eats large fallen fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on ground in Brazilian Cerrado, pantanal, and … Feeds on fruits, berries, seeds, leaves, and small invertebrates in Mexican thorn scrub and deciduous …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 2-3 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Bare-faced Curassow only

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Rufous-bellied Chachalaca only

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Song & Call Comparison

Bare-faced Curassow

Şarkı

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-bellied Chachalaca

Şarkı

Produces a loud, deep raucous chorus; the lowest-pitched Ortalis chachalaca call. The deep, resonant cha-cha-LAC booms across Mexican Pacific slope deciduous forest at dawn.

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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-bellied Chachalaca

Endemic to the Pacific coast of western Mexico from Sinaloa to Colima. Found in tropical dry forest and thorn scrub.

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Koruma Durumu

Vulnerable

Bare-faced Curassow

Least Concern

Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Bare-faced Curassow

Tuy

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-bellied Chachalaca

Tuy

Olive-brown above; head grey with bare reddish throat; underparts strongly washed rufous-buff becoming deep rufous on belly and flanks; graduated tail dark brown with pale-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-bellied Chachalaca

A larger chachalaca (~834 g) of family Cracidae, with a rufous wash on the underparts. Endemic to the Pacific slope of northwestern Mexico, from Sonora to Jalisco. Inhabits tropical dry forest, thorn scrub, and deciduous woodland. Forages in groups on fruits, seeds, and insects. Least Concern; range restricted to the Mexican Pacific coast but populations remain stable.

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