As nouns the difference between guan and chachalaca
is that guan is any (member) of several species of birds in the genera aburria'', ''chamaepetes'', ''oreophasis'', ''penelope'', ''penelopina'' and ''pipile , of the family cracidae, limited to the americas while chachalaca is any of several cracid birds, of the genus ortalis , limited to the americas, that resemble the guans.
guan
Noun
(
en noun)
Any (member) of several species of birds in the genera Aburria'', ''Chamaepetes'', ''Oreophasis'', ''Penelope'', ''Penelopina'' and ''Pipile , of the family Cracidae, limited to the Americas.
Derived terms
* Andean guan
* band-tailed guan
* Baudo guan
* bearded guan
* black guan
* black-fronted piping guan
* Cauca guan
* chestnut-bellied guan
* common piping guan
* crested guan
* dusky-legged guan
* highland guan
* horned guan
* marail guan
* red-faced guan
* rusty-margined guan
* sickle-winged guan
* Spix's guan
* wattled guan
* white-browed guan
* white-crested guan
* white-winged guan
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chachalaca
Noun
(
en noun)
Any of several cracid birds, of the genus Ortalis , limited to the Americas, that resemble the guans.
Derived terms
* buff-browed chachalaca, Ortalis superciliaris
* Chaco chachalaca, Ortalis canicollis
* chestnut-winged chachalaca, Ortalis garrula
* Colombian chachalaca, ''Ortalis columbiana (subspecies of speckled chachalaca]
* grey-headed chachalaca, Ortalis cinereiceps
* little chachalaca, Ortalis motmot
* plain chachalaca, Ortalis vetula
* rufous-bellied chachalaca, Ortalis wagleri
* rufous-headed chachalaca, Ortalis erythroptera
* rufous-vented chachalaca, Ortalis ruficauda
* speckled chachalaca, chestnut-headed chachalaca, East Brazilian chachalaca, scaled chachalaca, Ortalis guttata
* West Mexican chachalaca, Ortalis poliocephala
* white-bellied chachalaca, Ortalis leucogastra
