Alagoas Curassow vs Dusky-legged Guan

Mitu mitu so với Penelope obscura

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Alagoas Curassow Dusky-legged Guan
Tên Khoa Học Mitu mitu Penelope obscura
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) 61,9 cm (24.4 in)
Khối Lượng 2852,5 g (100.62 oz) 1530,0 g (53.97 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Frugivorous; eats fruits, seeds, and invertebrates in the ground and forest understorey. Extinct in wild; … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, leaves, and flowers in South American Atlantic forest and Araucaria forest. …
Số Trứng 2-3 2-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Alagoas Curassow only

Không

Dusky-legged Guan only

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.

Dusky-legged Guan

Tiếng Hót

Emits a loud, resonant honking cackle and strong wing-whirring display. The deep, carrying call echoes through southern South American subtropical and humid forest.

Geographic Range & Migration

Alagoas Curassow

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

Dusky-legged Guan

Resident in southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina. Found in Atlantic Forest and gallery woodland.

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Extinct in the Wild

Alagoas Curassow

Least Concern

Dusky-legged Guan

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 …

Dusky-legged Guan

Bộ Lông

Dark brownish-olive above; dark grey legs; bare red throat wattle; neck and breast streaked pale; lower underparts rufous-chestnut; tail dark. Dusky legs distinguish it from similar Spix's Guan.

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.

Dusky-legged Guan

A large cracid (~1.5 kg) of family Cracidae, with dark legs, olive-brown plumage, and a red wattle. Found in Atlantic Forest and subtropical forests of southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, and Uruguay. Arboreal frugivore. Least Concern; one of the most common guans in southeastern South America and increasingly tolerant of forest fragments.

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