Band-tailed Guan vs Blue-throated Piping-guan

Penelope argyrotis 比較対象 Pipile cumanensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Band-tailed Guan Blue-throated Piping-guan
学名 Penelope argyrotis Pipile cumanensis
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 52.8 cm (20.8 in) 66.9 cm (26.3 in)
体重 798.0 g (28.15 oz) 1228.0 g (43.32 oz)
食性 Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, flowers, and buds in Andean forests of Venezuela and Colombia. … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, leaves, and flowers in Amazonian and Orinoco basin forests. Forages in …
一腹卵数 -- 1-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Band-tailed Guan only

None

Blue-throated Piping-guan only

Song & Call Comparison

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.

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.

Geographic Range & Migration

Band-tailed Guan

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

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.

保全状況

Least Concern

Band-tailed Guan

Least Concern

Blue-throated Piping-guan

How to Tell Them Apart

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.

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.

About These Birds

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。

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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