Wattled Guan vs White-winged Guan
Aburria aburri comparado con Penelope albipennis
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Atributo | Wattled Guan | White-winged Guan |
|---|---|---|
| Nombre científico | Aburria aburri | Penelope albipennis |
| Orden | Galliformes | Galliformes |
| Familia | Cracidae | Cracidae |
| Estado de conservación | Least Concern | Endangered |
| Longitud | — | — |
| Envergadura | 67,4 cm (26.5 in) | 63,5 cm (25.0 in) |
| Peso | 1398,3333333333333 g (49.32 oz) | 1675,0 g (59.08 oz) |
| Dieta | Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, and leaves in Andean cloud forests of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and … | Eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Peruvian dry forest. Critically endangered; forages in canopy … |
| Tamaño de la puesta | -- | 2-3 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Habitat Comparison
Song & Call Comparison
Wattled Guan
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.
White-winged Guan
Emits a loud, resonant honking cackle and wing-whirring. Endangered; deep, resonant calls are seldom heard now across Peruvian dry forest; wing-whirring display persists.
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.
White-winged Guan
Endemic to arid valleys in northwestern Peru (Tumbes and Piura). Found in dry forest remnants. Critically endangered.
Estado de conservación
Wattled Guan
White-winged Guan
How to Tell Them Apart
Wattled Guan
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.
White-winged Guan
Dark brownish-black body; outer wing coverts white forming bold white patch visible in flight and at rest; bare reddish throat; breast finely streaked white; lower belly rufous; tail dark.
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.
White-winged Guan
A large cracid (~1.7 kg) of family Cracidae, with distinctive white primary feathers visible in flight. Endemic to dry forests of the Tumbes region in northwestern Peru. Inhabits deciduous and semi-humid forests in ravines and hillsides. Arboreal frugivore. Endangered; rediscovered in 1977 after being presumed extinct, with ongoing conservation through captive breeding and habitat protection.