Red-billed Curassow vs Andean Guan

Crax blumenbachii comparado con Penelope montagnii

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Red-billed Curassow Andean Guan
Nombre científico Crax blumenbachii Penelope montagnii
Orden Galliformes Galliformes
Familia Cracidae Cracidae
Estado de conservación Endangered Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 76,8 cm (30.2 in) 48,3 cm (19.0 in)
Peso 3250,0 g (114.64 oz) 650,0 g (22.93 oz)
Dieta Eats large fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on Atlantic forest floor in Brazil. Critically endangered; diet … Eats fruits, berries, leaves, flowers, and buds in Andean cloud forests. Forages at all levels …
Tamaño de la puesta 1-3 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Red-billed Curassow only

Ninguno

Andean Guan 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.

Andean Guan

Canto

Emits deep, resonant honking calls and loud wing-whirring display flights. Andean cloud forest echoes with both calls and wing-whirring at dawn across multiple Penelope guans.

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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.

Andean Guan

Resident in the Andes from Venezuela and Colombia south to Bolivia at 1,500-3,600 m. Found in humid cloud forest and montane scrub.

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Estado de conservación

Endangered

Red-billed Curassow

Least Concern

Andean Guan

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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 …

Andean Guan

Plumaje

Dark olive-brown above; bare red throat wattle; neck and breast streaked white on dark background; lower belly and flanks rufous-chestnut; tail dark with slight gloss.

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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.

Andean Guan

A medium-sized cracid (~650 g) of family Cracidae, with dull brown-olive plumage and a bare red throat wattle. Inhabits Andean cloud forests and forest edges from Venezuela south to Bolivia at elevations of 1,200–3,500 m. Feeds on fruits, seeds, and invertebrates. Least Concern; widespread in montane Andes and one of the more commonly encountered Penelope guans.

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