Horned Guan vs Band-tailed Guan

Oreophasis derbianus 比較対象 Penelope argyrotis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Horned Guan Band-tailed Guan
学名 Oreophasis derbianus Penelope argyrotis
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保全状況 Endangered Least Concern
体長
翼開長 74.1 cm (29.2 in) 52.8 cm (20.8 in)
体重 2072.8 g (73.12 oz) 798.0 g (28.15 oz)
食性 Frugivorous; eats fruits, especially bromeliads, leaves, and invertebrates in Mexican and Guatemalan cloud forests. Endangered. Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, flowers, and buds in Andean forests of Venezuela and Colombia. …
一腹卵数 2 --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Horned Guan only

None

Band-tailed Guan only

None

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Song & Call Comparison

Horned Guan

さえずり

Emits a deep, resonant booming call and loud wing-whirring display. The extraordinary, far-carrying boom is one of the most powerful calls in the cloud forest; wing-whirring is vigorous.

Band-tailed Guan

さえずり

Produces a loud, honking cackle and resonant wing-whirring in display flights. The deep, carrying honk and wing-whirr display is characteristic of this Andean Penelope guan.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Horned Guan

Endemic to the volcanic highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, and adjacent Guatemala at 2,000-3,300 m. Found in cloud forest. Endangered.

Band-tailed Guan

Resident in the Andes and mountains of Colombia and Venezuela from 1,000-2,400 m. Found in humid montane forest.

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保全状況

Endangered

Horned Guan

Least Concern

Band-tailed Guan

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How to Tell Them Apart

Horned Guan

羽毛

Black above with white streaking; white below with black streaking; extraordinary erect red horn on crown; bare red facial skin; white iris; legs red. The horn is unique among cracids.

Band-tailed Guan

羽毛

Brownish-black above with fine white streaking on neck and chest; bare red facial skin; lower underparts chestnut; tail broad with distinctive pale grey subterminal band.

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About These Birds

Horned Guan

A large cracid (~2 kg) of family Cracidae, unique for a bright red bony horn projecting from the crown. Endemic to cloud forests above 2,000 m in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas of Mexico and adjacent Guatemala. Feeds on fruits and leaves in the forest canopy. Endangered; one of the world's most distinctive birds, threatened by cloud forest loss and hunting.

Band-tailed Guan

コロンビアとベネズエラの山岳林に生息するグアンで、銀白色の頭部の羽毛が特徴的。アンデス山脈の雲霧林に生息し、果実や葉を採食する。

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