Red-billed Curassow vs Alagoas Curassow

Crax blumenbachii comparado con Mitu mitu

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Red-billed Curassow Alagoas Curassow
Nombre científico Crax blumenbachii Mitu mitu
Orden Galliformes Galliformes
Familia Cracidae Cracidae
Estado de conservación Endangered Extinct in the Wild
Longitud
Envergadura 76,8 cm (30.2 in) 79,2 cm (31.2 in)
Peso 3250,0 g (114.64 oz) 2852,5 g (100.62 oz)
Dieta Eats large fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on Atlantic forest floor in Brazil. Critically endangered; diet … Frugivorous; eats fruits, seeds, and invertebrates in the ground and forest understorey. Extinct in wild; …
Tamaño de la puesta 1-3 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Red-billed Curassow only

Ninguno

Alagoas Curassow only

Ninguno

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Song & Call Comparison

Red-billed Curassow

Canto

Emits a deep, resonant booming call; contact calls are loud, guttural clucking. Endangered; the powerful boom echoes through remnant Atlantic forest; increasingly scarce.

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

Red-billed Curassow

Endemic to the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil in Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo. Found in lowland humid forest. Critically endangered.

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

Endangered

Red-billed Curassow

Extinct in the Wild

Alagoas Curassow

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How to Tell Them Apart

Red-billed Curassow

Plumaje

Male is glossy black with white lower belly; curly black crest; vivid red bill with no knob; no yellow facial skin. Female is black barred chestnut; bright red bill is …

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

Red-billed Curassow

Mutún de Blumenbach (Crax blumenbachii) — Especie en peligro de extinción endémica de los fragmentos de la Mata Atlántica del sur de Bahía, en Brasil. El macho es negro con pico rojo llamativo. En peligro crítico por la casi total pérdida de su hábitat original.

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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