Alagoas Curassow vs West Mexican Chachalaca

Mitu mitu 比較対象 Ortalis poliocephala

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Alagoas Curassow West Mexican Chachalaca
学名 Mitu mitu Ortalis poliocephala
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保全状況 Extinct in the Wild Least Concern
体長
翼開長 79.2 cm (31.2 in) 52.0 cm (20.5 in)
体重 2852.5 g (100.62 oz) 760.0 g (26.81 oz)
食性 Frugivorous; eats fruits, seeds, and invertebrates in the ground and forest understorey. Extinct in wild; … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in West Mexican scrub and forest edges. Also …
一腹卵数 2-3 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Alagoas Curassow only

None

West Mexican Chachalaca only

None

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Song & Call Comparison

Alagoas Curassow

さえずり

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.

West Mexican Chachalaca

さえずり

Emits a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; individual calls are slightly lower than Plain Chachalaca. Dawn choruses boom across Mexico's Pacific slope thornscrub and tropical dry forest.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Alagoas Curassow

Endemic to northeastern Brazil in Alagoas. Extinct in the wild; survives only in captivity. Last wild record was 1980s.

West Mexican Chachalaca

Endemic to the Pacific coast of Mexico from Sonora south to Jalisco. Found in tropical dry forest and thorn scrub.

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保全状況

Extinct in the Wild

Alagoas Curassow

Least Concern

West Mexican Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Alagoas Curassow

羽毛

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 …

West Mexican Chachalaca

羽毛

Olive-brown above with greyish head; bare reddish throat skin; underparts pale grey with buff-olive flanks; tail long and dark brown with white tips on outer feathers. Overall paler than eastern …

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About These Birds

Alagoas Curassow

ブラジルのアラゴアス州固有のアラゴアスクラシオウ。体長80〜90cm。黒い羽毛と赤い嘴基部の瘤が特徴的。野生では絶滅し、現在は繁殖プログラムのみで生存する。絶滅危惧種。

West Mexican Chachalaca

A large chachalaca (~760 g) of family Cracidae, with a grey head and brownish body. Endemic to Mexico, inhabiting tropical dry and semi-deciduous forests of the Pacific coast from Jalisco to Oaxaca. Forages in groups for fruits, leaves, and seeds in forest canopy and understory. Least Concern; well adapted to secondary growth and forest edges throughout its restricted Mexican range.

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