Red-billed Curassow vs Alagoas Curassow

Crax blumenbachii เปรียบเทียบกับ Mitu mitu

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Red-billed Curassow Alagoas Curassow
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Crax blumenbachii Mitu mitu
อันดับ Galliformes Galliformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Cracidae Cracidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Endangered Extinct in the Wild
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 76.8 cm (30.2 in) 79.2 cm (31.2 in)
น้ำหนัก 3250.0 g (114.64 oz) 2852.5 g (100.62 oz)
อาหาร Eats large fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on Atlantic forest floor in Brazil. Critically endangered; diet … Frugivorous; eats fruits, seeds, and invertebrates in the ground and forest understorey. Extinct in wild; …
จำนวนไข่ 1-3 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

ถิ่นที่อยู่อาศัยร่วมกัน

Red-billed Curassow only

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Alagoas Curassow only

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Song & Call Comparison

Red-billed Curassow

เสียงร้อง

Emits a deep, resonant booming call; contact calls are loud, guttural clucking. Endangered; the powerful boom echoes through remnant Atlantic forest; increasingly scarce.

Alagoas Curassow

เสียงร้อง

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Red-billed Curassow

Endemic to the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil in Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo. Found in lowland humid forest. Critically endangered.

Alagoas Curassow

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

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Endangered

Red-billed Curassow

Extinct in the Wild

Alagoas Curassow

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How to Tell Them Apart

Red-billed Curassow

ขนนก

Male is glossy black with white lower belly; curly black crest; vivid red bill with no knob; no yellow facial skin. Female is black barred chestnut; bright red bill is …

Alagoas Curassow

ขนนก

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 …

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About These Birds

Red-billed Curassow

A large cracid (~3.3 kg) of family Cracidae, males black with a red and yellow bill. Endemic to a small area of Atlantic Forest in Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais, Brazil. Inhabits humid lowland and foothill rainforest. Forages on the forest floor for fallen fruits and seeds. Endangered; fewer than 250 mature individuals remain following severe Atlantic Forest loss and overhunting.

Alagoas Curassow

A large cracid (~2.9 kg) of family Cracidae, with glossy black plumage and a distinctive red knobbed bill. Extinct in the Wild; the last wild individuals disappeared from Alagoas, Brazil by the 1980s due to deforestation of the Atlantic Forest. A captive population survives in Brazilian zoos, with reintroduction programs underway. One of the most critically imperiled birds globally.

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