Wattled Curassow vs Andean Guan

Crax globulosa comparado con Penelope montagnii

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Wattled Curassow Andean Guan
Nombre científico Crax globulosa Penelope montagnii
Orden Galliformes Galliformes
Familia Cracidae Cracidae
Estado de conservación Endangered Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 69,9 cm (27.5 in) 48,3 cm (19.0 in)
Peso 2500,0 g (88.18 oz) 650,0 g (22.93 oz)
Dieta Eats large fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on floors of Amazonian várzea forests. Vulnerable; forages along … Eats fruits, berries, leaves, flowers, and buds in Andean cloud forests. Forages at all levels …
Tamaño de la puesta 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Wattled Curassow only

Ninguno

Andean Guan 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.

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

Wattled Curassow

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

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

Wattled Curassow

Least Concern

Andean Guan

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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. …

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

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.

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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