Wattled Guan vs Black Guan

Aburria aburri 对比 Chamaepetes unicolor

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Wattled Guan Black Guan
学名 Aburria aburri Chamaepetes unicolor
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 67.4 cm (26.5 in) 58.1 cm (22.9 in)
体重 1398.3333333333333 g (49.32 oz) 1135.0 g (40.04 oz)
食性 Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, and leaves in Andean cloud forests of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and … Eats fruits, berries, leaves, and small invertebrates in Costa Rican and Panamanian montane forests. Forages …
产卵数 -- 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Wattled Guan only

Black Guan only

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Song & Call Comparison

Wattled Guan

鸣唱

Emits a loud, resonant, booming honk and wing-whirring display. The deep, carrying boom echoes through Andean cloud forest; wing-whirring display is powerful and conspicuous.

Black Guan

鸣唱

Produces a loud, harsh cackling call and wing-whirring. Calls carry through Costa Rican and Panamanian cloud forest; deep cackling notes are lower-pitched than many Penelope guans.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Wattled Guan

Resident in the Andes from Venezuela and Colombia south to Bolivia at 500-2,200 m. Found in humid montane forest.

Black Guan

Endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama at 1,600-3,000 m. Found in humid montane forest.

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保护状况

Least Concern

Wattled Guan

Least Concern

Black Guan

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How to Tell Them Apart

Wattled Guan

羽毛

Uniformly glossy greenish-black; prominent pendulous yellow-and-blue bare throat wattle; no white wing patches or streaking; legs dark grey. Striking yellow wattle is the sole bold adornment.

Black Guan

羽毛

Uniformly glossy black throughout; bare bright blue facial skin around eye; no wattle or white markings; legs dark grey. One of the most uniformly coloured cracids; blue periorbital skin is …

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About These Birds

Wattled Guan

一种体型较大的冠雉(体重约1.4千克),属于冠雉科(Cracidae),全身黑色,颈部悬挂独特的黄蓝色肉垂。分布于哥伦比亚、厄瓜多尔、秘鲁至委内瑞拉的安第斯山脉云雾林。学名Aburria aburri,依靠雨林果实为食,种群受到猎捕和栖息地丧失的威胁,被列为易危物种。

Black Guan

独色管鸡 (Chamaepetes unicolor),体长约58厘米。体羽一致深黑色,喉部裸皮蓝色,嘴蓝色,腿红色,尾长。分布于哥斯达黎加和巴拿马的山地雨林。以果实为主食,活动于雨林中下层。

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