Wattled Guan vs Black Guan

Aburria aburri 比較対象 Chamaepetes unicolor

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Wattled Guan Black Guan
学名 Aburria aburri Chamaepetes unicolor
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 67.4 cm (26.5 in) 58.1 cm (22.9 in)
体重 1398.3333333333333 g (49.32 oz) 1135.0 g (40.04 oz)
食性 Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, and leaves in Andean cloud forests of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and … Eats fruits, berries, leaves, and small invertebrates in Costa Rican and Panamanian montane forests. Forages …
一腹卵数 -- 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Wattled Guan only

None

Black Guan only

None

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Song & Call Comparison

Wattled Guan

さえずり

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.

Black Guan

さえずり

Produces a loud, harsh cackling call and wing-whirring. Calls carry through Costa Rican and Panamanian cloud forest; deep cackling notes are lower-pitched than many Penelope guans.

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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.

Black Guan

Endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama at 1,600-3,000 m. Found in humid montane forest.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Wattled Guan

Least Concern

Black Guan

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How to Tell Them Apart

Wattled Guan

羽毛

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.

Black Guan

羽毛

Uniformly glossy black throughout; bare bright blue facial skin around eye; no wattle or white markings; legs dark grey. One of the most uniformly coloured cracids; blue periorbital skin is …

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About These Birds

Wattled Guan

A large cracid (~1.4 kg) of family Cracidae, all-black with a distinctive yellow and blue wattle hanging from the throat. Inhabits montane cloud forests of the Andes from Venezuela and Colombia south to Peru, at 500–2,500 m elevation. Arboreal, feeding on fruits and seeds. Least Concern; inhabits remote Andean cloud forests where it remains relatively undisturbed.

Black Guan

ホウカンチョウ科のやや大型鳥類(約1.1 kg)で全体に煤黒色の青い顔面皮膚を持つ。コスタリカとパナマ西部の山地雲霧林(1,200〜3,000 m)固有種。樹上生活。果食性。

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