Alagoas Curassow vs Blue-throated Piping-guan

Mitu mitu 比較対象 Pipile cumanensis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Alagoas Curassow Blue-throated Piping-guan
学名 Mitu mitu Pipile cumanensis
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) 66.9 cm (26.3 in)
体重 2852.5 g (100.62 oz) 1228.0 g (43.32 oz)
食性 Frugivorous; eats fruits, seeds, and invertebrates in the ground and forest understorey. Extinct in wild; … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, leaves, and flowers in Amazonian and Orinoco basin forests. Forages in …
一腹卵数 2-3 1-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Alagoas Curassow only

None

Blue-throated Piping-guan only

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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.

Blue-throated Piping-guan

さえずり

Emits loud, resonant piping calls and wing-whirring displays. The ringing, piping calls carry through Amazonian lowland forest; wing-whirr is powerful and audible from a distance.

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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.

Blue-throated Piping-guan

Resident in the Amazon Basin from Venezuela and Colombia south to Bolivia and Brazil. Found in lowland and foothill rainforest near rivers.

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保全状況

Extinct in the Wild

Alagoas Curassow

Least Concern

Blue-throated Piping-guan

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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 …

Blue-throated Piping-guan

羽毛

Glossy black; large white wing patch; bare bright blue throat skin and wattle; white forehead and crest; white flecking on neck and mantle. Blue throat skin distinguishes from White-throated Piping-guan.

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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。

Blue-throated Piping-guan

A large cracid (~1.2 kg) of family Cracidae, with white wing markings and a bright blue throat wattle. Inhabits humid lowland and foothill forests across northern South America, from Colombia and Venezuela south through Amazonia to Bolivia. Arboreal, feeding on fruits and seeds. Least Concern; widespread in Amazonian forests with relatively stable populations in undisturbed areas.

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