Alagoas Curassow vs Dusky-legged Guan

Mitu mitu مقارنةً بـ Penelope obscura

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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Alagoas Curassow Dusky-legged Guan
الاسم العلمي Mitu mitu Penelope obscura
الرتبة Galliformes Galliformes
الفصيلة Cracidae Cracidae
حالة الحفاظ Extinct in the Wild Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 79,2 cm (31.2 in) 61,9 cm (24.4 in)
الوزن 2852,5 g (100.62 oz) 1530,0 g (53.97 oz)
النظام الغذائي Frugivorous; eats fruits, seeds, and invertebrates in the ground and forest understorey. Extinct in wild; … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, leaves, and flowers in South American Atlantic forest and Araucaria forest. …
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-3 2-4
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Alagoas Curassow only

بلا

Dusky-legged Guan only

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Song & Call Comparison

Alagoas Curassow

الغناء

Extirpated from wild (EW). Calls documented from captive birds: a deep, resonant booming similar to Razor-billed Curassow; flocks give low, guttural clucking contact calls.

Dusky-legged Guan

الغناء

Emits a loud, resonant honking cackle and strong wing-whirring display. The deep, carrying call echoes through southern South American subtropical and humid forest.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Alagoas Curassow

Endemic to northeastern Brazil in Alagoas. Extinct in the wild; survives only in captivity. Last wild record was 1980s.

Dusky-legged Guan

Resident in southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina. Found in Atlantic Forest and gallery woodland.

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حالة الحفاظ

Extinct in the Wild

Alagoas Curassow

Least Concern

Dusky-legged Guan

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How to Tell Them Apart

Alagoas Curassow

الريش

Glossy black body; white lower belly and undertail; massive compressed red bill with orange-yellow tip; no head ornamentation. Now extinct in wild; the large red razor bill was its most …

Dusky-legged Guan

الريش

Dark brownish-olive above; dark grey legs; bare red throat wattle; neck and breast streaked pale; lower underparts rufous-chestnut; tail dark. Dusky legs distinguish it from similar Spix's Guan.

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About These Birds

Alagoas Curassow

A large cracid (~2.9 kg) of family Cracidae, with glossy black plumage and a distinctive red knobbed bill. Extinct in the Wild; the last wild individuals disappeared from Alagoas, Brazil by the 1980s due to deforestation of the Atlantic Forest. A captive population survives in Brazilian zoos, with reintroduction programs underway. One of the most critically imperiled birds globally.

Dusky-legged Guan

A large cracid (~1.5 kg) of family Cracidae, with dark legs, olive-brown plumage, and a red wattle. Found in Atlantic Forest and subtropical forests of southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, and Uruguay. Arboreal frugivore. Least Concern; one of the most common guans in southeastern South America and increasingly tolerant of forest fragments.

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