Alagoas Curassow vs Trinidad Piping-guan

Mitu mitu مقارنةً بـ Pipile pipile

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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Alagoas Curassow Trinidad Piping-guan
الاسم العلمي Mitu mitu Pipile pipile
الرتبة Galliformes Galliformes
الفصيلة Cracidae Cracidae
حالة الحفاظ Extinct in the Wild Critically Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح 79,2 cm (31.2 in) 66,2 cm (26.1 in)
الوزن 2852,5 g (100.62 oz) 2150,0 g (75.84 oz)
النظام الغذائي Frugivorous; eats fruits, seeds, and invertebrates in the ground and forest understorey. Extinct in wild; … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Trinidadian forests. Critically endangered; forages in canopy.
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-3 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Alagoas Curassow only

بلا

Trinidad Piping-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.

Trinidad Piping-guan

الغناء

Produces loud, resonant piping calls and strong wing-whirring displays. Critically endangered; calls carry through remnant Trinidad rainforest; the loudest vocalizations of any Pipile piping-guan.

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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.

Trinidad Piping-guan

Endemic to the island of Trinidad (not Tobago). Found in lowland rainforest remnants. Critically endangered.

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حالة الحفاظ

Extinct in the Wild

Alagoas Curassow

Critically Endangered

Trinidad Piping-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 …

Trinidad Piping-guan

الريش

Glossy black overall; large white wing patches; bare blue facial skin and pendulous blue-and-white wattle; white crest; white streaking on neck. Spectacular ornamental facial features.

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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.

Trinidad Piping-guan

A large cracid (~2.2 kg) of family Cracidae, with bold white wing patches and a blue-and-white facial wattle. Endemic to the island of Trinidad; the only Pipile species in the Caribbean. Inhabits primary and mature secondary rainforest. Feeds on fruits and seeds in the canopy. Critically Endangered; one of the world's rarest birds, with fewer than 200 individuals surviving.

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