Alagoas Curassow vs Spix's Guan

Mitu mitu so với Penelope jacquacu

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Alagoas Curassow Spix's Guan
Tên Khoa Học Mitu mitu Penelope jacquacu
Bộ Galliformes Galliformes
Họ Cracidae Cracidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Extinct in the Wild Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 79,2 cm (31.2 in) 59,3 cm (23.3 in)
Khối Lượng 2852,5 g (100.62 oz) 1469,5 g (51.84 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Frugivorous; eats fruits, seeds, and invertebrates in the ground and forest understorey. Extinct in wild; … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Amazonian lowland forests. Forages in canopy and …
Số Trứng 2-3 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Alagoas Curassow only

Không

Spix's Guan only

Không

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Song & Call Comparison

Alagoas Curassow

Tiếng Hót

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.

Spix's Guan

Tiếng Hót

Produces a loud, resonant honking cackle; wing-whirring display is vigorous. Calls are deeper and louder than smaller guans; echoes through Amazonian terra firme canopy.

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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.

Spix's Guan

Resident in the Amazon Basin from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia and Brazil. Found in lowland rainforest, especially along rivers.

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Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Extinct in the Wild

Alagoas Curassow

Least Concern

Spix's Guan

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How to Tell Them Apart

Alagoas Curassow

Bộ Lông

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 …

Spix's Guan

Bộ Lông

Predominantly dark olive-brown; bare reddish throat wattle; neck and breast streaked white; lower belly and flanks rufous; wing coverts with fine pale edging; tail long, dark brown.

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About These Birds

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.

Spix's Guan

A large cracid (~1.5 kg) of family Cracidae, with olive-brown plumage and a red wattle. Inhabits lowland tropical rainforests across Amazonia in Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, and Venezuela. Arboreal, feeding heavily on fruits, seeds, and leaves in the canopy. Least Concern; widespread and relatively common in undisturbed Amazonian forest.

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