Alagoas Curassow vs Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Mitu mitu 비교 대상 Ortalis erythroptera

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Alagoas Curassow Rufous-headed Chachalaca
학명 Mitu mitu Ortalis erythroptera
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
보전 상태 Extinct in the Wild Vulnerable
체장
날개 폭 79.2 cm (31.2 in) 43.8 cm (17.2 in)
체중 2852.5 g (100.62 oz) 632.5 g (22.31 oz)
식성 Frugivorous; eats fruits, seeds, and invertebrates in the ground and forest understorey. Extinct in wild; … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Pacific slope forests and forest edges of …
산란 수 2-3 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Alagoas Curassow only

없음

Rufous-headed Chachalaca only

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Song & Call Comparison

Alagoas Curassow

노래

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.

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

노래

Emits a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; individual calls are slightly higher than Rufous-vented. Dawn choruses carry across Ecuadorian and Peruvian coastal 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.

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

Resident in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Found in tropical deciduous forest and scrub in the Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena region.

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보전 상태

Extinct in the Wild

Alagoas Curassow

Vulnerable

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

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How to Tell Them Apart

Alagoas Curassow

깃털

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 …

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

깃털

Brownish-olive body; head and upper neck warm rufous-cinnamon, distinctly contrasting with greyish-brown back; bare reddish throat wattle; underparts pale buff; tail dark with pale outer tips.

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About These Birds

Alagoas Curassow

대형 검은색 큐라소 새로 체장 약 89cm이며, 전신이 광택 있는 검은색이고 보석처럼 붉은 부리와 파란 기저를 갖는다. 야생에서는 멸종한 것으로 추정되며 브라질 북동부 대서양 숲에 서식했다. 과실류와 씨앗을 먹었다. 멸종위기 종이다.

Rufous-headed Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~630 g) of family Cracidae, with a striking rufous head. Inhabits humid and deciduous forests, forest edges, and scrub in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Feeds on fruits and leaves in the forest understory and canopy. Vulnerable due to extensive deforestation in the Tumbesian region, one of the world's most threatened biodiversity hotspots.

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