Alagoas Curassow vs Little Chachalaca

Mitu mitu 비교 대상 Ortalis motmot

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Alagoas Curassow Little Chachalaca
학명 Mitu mitu Ortalis motmot
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
보전 상태 Extinct in the Wild Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 79.2 cm (31.2 in) 41.4 cm (16.3 in)
체중 2852.5 g (100.62 oz) 482.5 g (17.02 oz)
식성 Frugivorous; eats fruits, seeds, and invertebrates in the ground and forest understorey. Extinct in wild; … Feeds on fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Amazonian and Guianan forest edges and gallery …
산란 수 2-3 3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Alagoas Curassow only

없음

Little Chachalaca only

없음

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.

Little Chachalaca

노래

Produces a loud, raucous chachalaca chorus; voice is somewhat higher-pitched than larger species. Dawn choruses echo across Amazonian and Guyanan lowland forest edge.

Geographic Range & Migration

Alagoas Curassow

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

Little Chachalaca

Resident in the Guiana region from Venezuela and the Guianas south into northern Brazil. Found in lowland forest.

보전 상태

Extinct in the Wild

Alagoas Curassow

Least Concern

Little Chachalaca

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 …

Little Chachalaca

깃털

Small; olive-brown body with grey head; bare reddish throat skin; underparts pale buff-grey; tail brownish with whitish tips to outer feathers. One of the smallest chachalacas, otherwise typical in pattern.

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.

Little Chachalaca

A medium-sized cracid (~480 g) of family Cracidae, one of the smaller chachalacas. Found in humid forests, second growth, and forest edges across the Guianas and northern Brazil to Amazonian Colombia. Feeds on fruits and seeds in the canopy and understory. Least Concern; widespread across Amazonian lowlands and relatively tolerant of habitat disturbance.

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