Colombian Chachalaca vs West Mexican Chachalaca

Ortalis columbiana so với Ortalis poliocephala

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Colombian Chachalaca West Mexican Chachalaca
Tên Khoa Học Ortalis columbiana Ortalis poliocephala
Bộ Galliformes Galliformes
Họ Cracidae Cracidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 45,1 cm (17.8 in) 52,0 cm (20.5 in)
Khối Lượng 486,6666666666667 g (17.17 oz) 760,0 g (26.81 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Colombian dry forest edges and scrubby thickets. Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in West Mexican scrub and forest edges. Also …
Số Trứng 3-4 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Colombian Chachalaca only

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West Mexican Chachalaca only

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Song & Call Comparison

Colombian Chachalaca

Tiếng Hót

Emits a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; Colombian highland calls are slightly harsher. Dawn choruses ring across Andean foothills and humid forest edge in Colombia.

West Mexican Chachalaca

Tiếng Hót

Emits a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; individual calls are slightly lower than Plain Chachalaca. Dawn choruses boom across Mexico's Pacific slope thornscrub and tropical dry forest.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Colombian Chachalaca

Endemic to the Magdalena Valley and Caribbean slopes of Colombia. Found in dry and humid tropical forest.

West Mexican Chachalaca

Endemic to the Pacific coast of Mexico from Sonora south to Jalisco. Found in tropical dry forest and thorn scrub.

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Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Colombian Chachalaca

Least Concern

West Mexican Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Colombian Chachalaca

Bộ Lông

Dull olive-brown above; head grey; bare pink-red throat; underparts pale grey-buff with slight olive wash on flanks; tail dark greenish-brown with whitish tips on outer rectrices.

West Mexican Chachalaca

Bộ Lông

Olive-brown above with greyish head; bare reddish throat skin; underparts pale grey with buff-olive flanks; tail long and dark brown with white tips on outer feathers. Overall paler than eastern …

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About These Birds

Colombian Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~487 g) of family Cracidae, endemic to the Cauca and Magdalena river valleys of Colombia. Inhabits dry forest edges, gallery woodlands, and scrubby vegetation at low to mid elevations. Forages in social groups for fruits, seeds, and leaves. Least Concern; though endemic to Colombia, it is common within its restricted range and adapts to modified habitats.

West Mexican Chachalaca

A large chachalaca (~760 g) of family Cracidae, with a grey head and brownish body. Endemic to Mexico, inhabiting tropical dry and semi-deciduous forests of the Pacific coast from Jalisco to Oaxaca. Forages in groups for fruits, leaves, and seeds in forest canopy and understory. Least Concern; well adapted to secondary growth and forest edges throughout its restricted Mexican range.

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