Wattled Guan vs Alagoas Curassow

Aburria aburri comparado con Mitu mitu

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Wattled Guan Alagoas Curassow
Nombre científico Aburria aburri Mitu mitu
Orden Galliformes Galliformes
Familia Cracidae Cracidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Extinct in the Wild
Longitud
Envergadura 67,4 cm (26.5 in) 79,2 cm (31.2 in)
Peso 1398,3333333333333 g (49.32 oz) 2852,5 g (100.62 oz)
Dieta Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, and leaves in Andean cloud forests of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and … Frugivorous; eats fruits, seeds, and invertebrates in the ground and forest understorey. Extinct in wild; …
Tamaño de la puesta -- 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Wattled Guan only

Ninguno

Alagoas Curassow only

Ninguno

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Song & Call Comparison

Wattled Guan

Canto

Emits a loud, resonant, booming honk and wing-whirring display. The deep, carrying boom echoes through Andean cloud forest; wing-whirring display is powerful and conspicuous.

Alagoas Curassow

Canto

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Wattled Guan

Resident in the Andes from Venezuela and Colombia south to Bolivia at 500-2,200 m. Found in humid montane forest.

Alagoas Curassow

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

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Wattled Guan

Extinct in the Wild

Alagoas Curassow

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How to Tell Them Apart

Wattled Guan

Plumaje

Uniformly glossy greenish-black; prominent pendulous yellow-and-blue bare throat wattle; no white wing patches or streaking; legs dark grey. Striking yellow wattle is the sole bold adornment.

Alagoas Curassow

Plumaje

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 …

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About These Birds

Wattled Guan

Un pájaro grande, mayormente negro, de la familia Cracidae que habita en bosques húmedos montanos desde Venezuela y Colombia hasta Perú. Se caracteriza por su papada amarilla colgante. Frugívoro arbóreo amenazado por la deforestación, considerado especie Vulnerable por la UICN.

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.

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