Speckled Chachalaca vs Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

Ortalis guttata so với Ortalis wagleri

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Speckled Chachalaca Rufous-bellied Chachalaca
Tên Khoa Học Ortalis guttata Ortalis wagleri
Bộ Galliformes Galliformes
Họ Cracidae Cracidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 38,5 cm (15.2 in) 48,3 cm (19.0 in)
Khối Lượng 502,25 g (17.72 oz) 834,0 g (29.42 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Amazonian forest edges and gallery forest. Also takes … Feeds on fruits, berries, seeds, leaves, and small invertebrates in Mexican thorn scrub and deciduous …
Số Trứng 3-4 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Speckled Chachalaca only

Không

Rufous-bellied Chachalaca only

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Song & Call Comparison

Speckled Chachalaca

Tiếng Hót

Produces a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; individual calls have a slightly lower, coarser quality. Dawn choruses carry across Amazonian and Cerrado forest edge at sunrise.

Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

Tiếng Hót

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

Speckled Chachalaca

Resident in the Amazon Basin from eastern Peru and Ecuador east to Brazil and the Guianas. Found in lowland rainforest.

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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Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Speckled Chachalaca

Least Concern

Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Speckled Chachalaca

Bộ Lông

Olive-brown upperparts with fine pale buff speckling on breast and foreneck; grey head; bare reddish throat; lower underparts pale buff; tail dark brown with whitish outer tips.

Rufous-bellied Chachalaca

Bộ Lông

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

Speckled Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~500 g) of family Cracidae, with finely speckled neck and breast feathers. Inhabits forest edges, scrubby second growth, and riverine thickets across Amazonian South America. Social and highly vocal, foraging in groups for fruits, berries, and seeds in the understory and lower canopy. Least Concern; widespread and common across Amazonia.

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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