Wattled Guan vs White-bellied Chachalaca

Aburria aburri 对比 Ortalis leucogastra

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Wattled Guan White-bellied Chachalaca
学名 Aburria aburri Ortalis leucogastra
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 67.4 cm (26.5 in) 41.7 cm (16.4 in)
体重 1398.3333333333333 g (49.32 oz) 499.5 g (17.62 oz)
食性 Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, and leaves in Andean cloud forests of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Central American forest edges and scrubby second-growth …
产卵数 -- 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Wattled Guan only

White-bellied Chachalaca only

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Song & Call Comparison

Wattled Guan

鸣唱

Emits a loud, resonant, booming honk and wing-whirring display. The deep, carrying boom echoes through Andean cloud forest; wing-whirring display is powerful and conspicuous.

White-bellied Chachalaca

鸣唱

Emits a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; individual call is slightly higher and thinner. Dawn choruses ring across Central American Pacific slope forest and scrub.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Wattled Guan

Resident in the Andes from Venezuela and Colombia south to Bolivia at 500-2,200 m. Found in humid montane forest.

White-bellied Chachalaca

Resident in Central America from Mexico south to Nicaragua. Found in tropical dry and humid forests and forest edges.

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保护状况

Least Concern

Wattled Guan

Least Concern

White-bellied Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Wattled Guan

羽毛

Uniformly glossy greenish-black; prominent pendulous yellow-and-blue bare throat wattle; no white wing patches or streaking; legs dark grey. Striking yellow wattle is the sole bold adornment.

White-bellied Chachalaca

羽毛

Olive-brown upperparts; grey head with bare reddish throat; underparts strikingly white-bellied, contrasting sharply with brownish sides; tail dark with white tips on outer feathers.

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About These Birds

Wattled Guan

一种体型较大的冠雉(体重约1.4千克),属于冠雉科(Cracidae),全身黑色,颈部悬挂独特的黄蓝色肉垂。分布于哥伦比亚、厄瓜多尔、秘鲁至委内瑞拉的安第斯山脉云雾林。学名Aburria aburri,依靠雨林果实为食,种群受到猎捕和栖息地丧失的威胁,被列为易危物种。

White-bellied Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~500 g) of family Cracidae, distinguished by pale whitish underparts. Found in Pacific lowland forests, scrub, and forest edges from southern Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica. Forages in noisy flocks on fruits, buds, and seeds in the forest canopy and edges. Least Concern; thrives in disturbed habitats and secondary growth across its Central American range.

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