Wattled Curassow vs Alagoas Curassow

Crax globulosa comparado con Mitu mitu

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Wattled Curassow Alagoas Curassow
Nombre científico Crax globulosa Mitu mitu
Orden Galliformes Galliformes
Familia Cracidae Cracidae
Estado de conservación Endangered Extinct in the Wild
Longitud
Envergadura 69,9 cm (27.5 in) 79,2 cm (31.2 in)
Peso 2500,0 g (88.18 oz) 2852,5 g (100.62 oz)
Dieta Eats large fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on floors of Amazonian várzea forests. Vulnerable; forages along … Frugivorous; eats fruits, seeds, and invertebrates in the ground and forest understorey. Extinct in wild; …
Tamaño de la puesta 2 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Wattled Curassow only

Ninguno

Alagoas Curassow only

Ninguno

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Song & Call Comparison

Wattled Curassow

Canto

Emits a deep, resonant booming call and guttural contact clucking. Endangered; the deep boom carries through Amazonian flooded forest (várzea); increasingly rarely heard.

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 Curassow

Resident in the upper Amazon Basin from Colombia and Peru south to Bolivia and Brazil. Found in lowland and flooded várzea 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

Endangered

Wattled Curassow

Extinct in the Wild

Alagoas Curassow

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How to Tell Them Apart

Wattled Curassow

Plumaje

Male glossy black with white belly; curly black crest; dark red knob and wattle at bill base; no yellow. Female black with pale barring; reddish bill ornaments present but smaller. …

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 Curassow

Pavón de cresta rizada (Crax globulosa) — Pavón poco común de la cuenca del Amazonas. El macho tiene el casquete erizado y la base del pico amarilla con un nódulo azul. Amenazado por la deforestación y la caza.

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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