Band-tailed Guan vs Bearded Guan

Penelope argyrotis مقارنةً بـ Penelope barbata

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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Band-tailed Guan Bearded Guan
الاسم العلمي Penelope argyrotis Penelope barbata
الرتبة Galliformes Galliformes
الفصيلة Cracidae Cracidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Near Threatened
الطول
طول الجناح 52,8 cm (20.8 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
الوزن 798,0 g (28.15 oz) 822,8 g (29.02 oz)
النظام الغذائي Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, flowers, and buds in Andean forests of Venezuela and Colombia. … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, leaves, and flowers in Andean cloud forests of Ecuador and Peru. …
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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Band-tailed Guan only

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Bearded Guan only

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Song & Call Comparison

Band-tailed Guan

الغناء

Produces a loud, honking cackle and resonant wing-whirring in display flights. The deep, carrying honk and wing-whirr display is characteristic of this Andean Penelope guan.

Bearded Guan

الغناء

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Band-tailed Guan

Resident in the Andes and mountains of Colombia and Venezuela from 1,000-2,400 m. Found in humid montane forest.

Bearded Guan

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

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Band-tailed Guan

Near Threatened

Bearded Guan

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How to Tell Them Apart

Band-tailed Guan

الريش

Brownish-black above with fine white streaking on neck and chest; bare red facial skin; lower underparts chestnut; tail broad with distinctive pale grey subterminal band.

Bearded Guan

الريش

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.

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About These Birds

Band-tailed Guan

A medium-sized cracid (~800 g) of family Cracidae, with a distinctive pale-tipped tail band. Inhabits montane humid forests in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Andes of Colombia and Venezuela. Arboreal, feeding on fruits, seeds, and buds in the canopy. Least Concern; restricted to Andean cloud forest but common within its range and tolerates some forest disturbance.

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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