Grey-headed Chachalaca vs Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Ortalis cinereiceps so với Ortalis erythroptera

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Grey-headed Chachalaca Rufous-headed Chachalaca
Tên Khoa Học Ortalis cinereiceps Ortalis erythroptera
Bộ Galliformes Galliformes
Họ Cracidae Cracidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Vulnerable
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 41,1 cm (16.2 in) 43,8 cm (17.2 in)
Khối Lượng 566,5 g (19.98 oz) 632,5 g (22.31 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Pacific slope forests and forest edges of …
Số Trứng 3 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Grey-headed Chachalaca only

Không

Rufous-headed Chachalaca only

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Song & Call Comparison

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Tiếng Hót

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.

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Tiếng Hót

Emits a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; individual calls are slightly higher than Rufous-vented. Dawn choruses carry across Ecuadorian and Peruvian coastal dry 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.

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Resident in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Found in tropical deciduous forest and scrub in the Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena region.

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Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Vulnerable

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Bộ Lông

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.

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Bộ Lông

Brownish-olive body; head and upper neck warm rufous-cinnamon, distinctly contrasting with greyish-brown back; bare reddish throat wattle; underparts pale buff; tail dark with pale outer tips.

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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.

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~630 g) of family Cracidae, with a striking rufous head. Inhabits humid and deciduous forests, forest edges, and scrub in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Feeds on fruits and leaves in the forest understory and canopy. Vulnerable due to extensive deforestation in the Tumbesian region, one of the world's most threatened biodiversity hotspots.

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