Wattled Guan vs Highland Guan

Aburria aburri 比較対象 Penelopina nigra

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Wattled Guan Highland Guan
学名 Aburria aburri Penelopina nigra
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保全状況 Least Concern Vulnerable
体長
翼開長 67.4 cm (26.5 in) 47.9 cm (18.9 in)
体重 1398.3333333333333 g (49.32 oz) 890.0 g (31.39 oz)
食性 Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, and leaves in Andean cloud forests of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Central American highland forests. Forages in forest mid-storey …
一腹卵数 -- 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Wattled Guan only

None

Highland 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.

Highland Guan

さえずり

Produces a loud, resonant cackling call and wing-whirring display. The male's calls carry through Central American cloud forest; wing-whirring display is a key feature of this highland cracid.

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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.

Highland Guan

Resident in the highlands of Mexico and Central America from Chiapas south to Nicaragua at 1,200-3,000 m. Found in cloud forest and pine-oak woodland.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Wattled Guan

Vulnerable

Highland 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.

Highland Guan

羽毛

Strongly dimorphic: male is entirely glossy black with bare red facial skin and red legs; female is dark brown heavily barred and streaked with black, with bare red facial skin.

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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.

Highland Guan

中米の山岳雲霧林に固有の黒いグアンで、グアテマラ、ホンジュラス、エルサルバドル、メキシコ南部に分布する。森林破壊と狩猟により絶滅危惧種に指定されている。

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