Wattled Guan vs Alagoas Curassow

Aburria aburri 对比 Mitu mitu

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Wattled Guan Alagoas Curassow
学名 Aburria aburri Mitu mitu
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保护状况 Least Concern Extinct in the Wild
体长
翼展 67.4 cm (26.5 in) 79.2 cm (31.2 in)
体重 1398.3333333333333 g (49.32 oz) 2852.5 g (100.62 oz)
食性 Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, and leaves in Andean cloud forests of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and … Frugivorous; eats fruits, seeds, and invertebrates in the ground and forest understorey. Extinct in wild; …
产卵数 -- 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Wattled Guan only

Alagoas Curassow 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.

Alagoas Curassow

鸣唱

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

Wattled Guan

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

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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保护状况

Least Concern

Wattled Guan

Extinct in the Wild

Alagoas Curassow

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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.

Alagoas Curassow

羽毛

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

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。

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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