Grey-headed Chachalaca vs Dusky-legged Guan

Ortalis cinereiceps ile kıyaslandığında Penelope obscura

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Grey-headed Chachalaca Dusky-legged Guan
Bilimsel Ad Ortalis cinereiceps Penelope obscura
Takım Galliformes Galliformes
Familya Cracidae Cracidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 41,1 cm (16.2 in) 61,9 cm (24.4 in)
Ağırlık 566,5 g (19.98 oz) 1530,0 g (53.97 oz)
Beslenme Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, leaves, and flowers in South American Atlantic forest and Araucaria forest. …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 3 2-4
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Grey-headed Chachalaca only

Hiçbiri

Dusky-legged Guan only

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Song & Call Comparison

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Şarkı

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.

Dusky-legged Guan

Şarkı

Emits a loud, resonant honking cackle and strong wing-whirring display. The deep, carrying call echoes through southern South American subtropical and humid forest.

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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.

Dusky-legged Guan

Resident in southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina. Found in Atlantic Forest and gallery woodland.

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Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Least Concern

Dusky-legged Guan

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How to Tell Them Apart

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Tuy

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.

Dusky-legged Guan

Tuy

Dark brownish-olive above; dark grey legs; bare red throat wattle; neck and breast streaked pale; lower underparts rufous-chestnut; tail dark. Dusky legs distinguish it from similar Spix's Guan.

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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.

Dusky-legged Guan

A large cracid (~1.5 kg) of family Cracidae, with dark legs, olive-brown plumage, and a red wattle. Found in Atlantic Forest and subtropical forests of southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, and Uruguay. Arboreal frugivore. Least Concern; one of the most common guans in southeastern South America and increasingly tolerant of forest fragments.

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