Band-tailed Guan vs Cauca Guan

Penelope argyrotis verglichen mit Penelope perspicax

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Band-tailed Guan Cauca Guan
Wissenschaftlicher Name Penelope argyrotis Penelope perspicax
Ordnung Galliformes Galliformes
Familie Cracidae Cracidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Vulnerable
Länge
Flügelspannweite 52,8 cm (20.8 in) 65,0 cm (25.6 in)
Gewicht 798,0 g (28.15 oz) 1197,0 g (42.22 oz)
Ernährung Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, flowers, and buds in Andean forests of Venezuela and Colombia. … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, and leaves in Colombian Cauca Valley forests. Critically endangered with very …
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Habitat Comparison

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Band-tailed Guan only

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Song & Call Comparison

Band-tailed Guan

Gesang

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.

Cauca Guan

Gesang

Produces a loud, honking cackle and powerful wing-whirring display. Critically endangered; calls carry across Colombian Cauca Valley forest fragments; wing-whirr is diagnostic.

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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.

Cauca Guan

Endemic to the Cauca Valley of Colombia. Found in humid forest remnants at 1,000-2,000 m. Critically endangered.

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Band-tailed Guan

Vulnerable

Cauca Guan

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How to Tell Them Apart

Band-tailed Guan

Gefieder

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.

Cauca Guan

Gefieder

Dark brownish-black above; neck and breast streaked white; bare red throat skin; lower underparts deep rufous-chestnut; back faintly glossed; tail dark brown. White streaking is bolder than in most Penelope …

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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.

Cauca Guan

A medium-large cracid (~1.2 kg) of family Cracidae, with olive-brown plumage and a red throat wattle. Endemic to the upper Cauca Valley of Colombia at 1,200–2,400 m elevation. Inhabits remnant humid Andean forests. Arboreal, feeding on fruits and seeds. Vulnerable due to severe deforestation in one of Colombia's most densely populated valleys and ongoing hunting pressure.

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