Black Guan vs Grey-headed Chachalaca

Chamaepetes unicolor 对比 Ortalis cinereiceps

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Black Guan Grey-headed Chachalaca
学名 Chamaepetes unicolor Ortalis cinereiceps
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 58.1 cm (22.9 in) 41.1 cm (16.2 in)
体重 1135.0 g (40.04 oz) 566.5 g (19.98 oz)
食性 Eats fruits, berries, leaves, and small invertebrates in Costa Rican and Panamanian montane forests. Forages … Frugivorous and folivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, and buds in Central American forest edges and …
产卵数 2-3 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Black Guan only

Grey-headed Chachalaca only

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Song & Call Comparison

Black Guan

鸣唱

Produces a loud, harsh cackling call and wing-whirring. Calls carry through Costa Rican and Panamanian cloud forest; deep cackling notes are lower-pitched than many Penelope guans.

Grey-headed Chachalaca

鸣唱

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Black Guan

Endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama at 1,600-3,000 m. Found in humid montane forest.

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Resident from Honduras south through Central America to Panama and northwestern Colombia. Found in humid forest and dense vegetation.

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保护状况

Least Concern

Black Guan

Least Concern

Grey-headed Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Black Guan

羽毛

Uniformly glossy black throughout; bare bright blue facial skin around eye; no wattle or white markings; legs dark grey. One of the most uniformly coloured cracids; blue periorbital skin is …

Grey-headed Chachalaca

羽毛

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.

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About These Birds

Black Guan

独色管鸡 (Chamaepetes unicolor),体长约58厘米。体羽一致深黑色,喉部裸皮蓝色,嘴蓝色,腿红色,尾长。分布于哥斯达黎加和巴拿马的山地雨林。以果实为主食,活动于雨林中下层。

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.

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