Rufous-headed Chachalaca vs Bearded Guan

Ortalis erythroptera 对比 Penelope barbata

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Rufous-headed Chachalaca Bearded Guan
学名 Ortalis erythroptera Penelope barbata
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保护状况 Vulnerable Near Threatened
体长
翼展 43.8 cm (17.2 in) 48.4 cm (19.1 in)
体重 632.5 g (22.31 oz) 822.8 g (29.02 oz)
食性 Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Pacific slope forests and forest edges of … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, leaves, and flowers in Andean cloud forests of Ecuador and Peru. …
产卵数 3 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Rufous-headed Chachalaca only

Bearded Guan only

Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

鸣唱

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

Bearded Guan

鸣唱

Emits a loud, deep honking cackle and produces wing-whirring in display. Calls are resonant; the wing-whirr display is loud and penetrating in Ecuadorian and Peruvian cloud forest.

Geographic Range & Migration

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

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

Bearded Guan

Resident in the Andes of southern Ecuador and northern Peru at 1,800-3,400 m. Found in humid montane forest.

保护状况

Vulnerable

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Near Threatened

Bearded Guan

How to Tell Them Apart

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

羽毛

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.

Bearded Guan

羽毛

Dark olive-brown above; throat with bare red skin and feathered lower edge resembling beard; neck and breast finely streaked white on dark brown; lower belly rufous-chestnut; tail dark brown.

About These Birds

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.

Bearded Guan

A medium-sized cracid (~820 g) of family Cracidae, with a small red-wattled throat pouch. Inhabits montane cloud forests in the Andes of southern Ecuador and northern Peru at 1,500–3,000 m elevation. Feeds arboreally on fruits, seeds, and buds. Near Threatened due to ongoing deforestation and hunting; dependent on intact Andean cloud forest which continues to be cleared.

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