Red-billed Curassow vs Alagoas Curassow

Crax blumenbachii 对比 Mitu mitu

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Red-billed Curassow Alagoas Curassow
学名 Crax blumenbachii Mitu mitu
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保护状况 Endangered Extinct in the Wild
体长
翼展 76.8 cm (30.2 in) 79.2 cm (31.2 in)
体重 3250.0 g (114.64 oz) 2852.5 g (100.62 oz)
食性 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; …
产卵数 1-3 2-3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Red-billed Curassow only

Alagoas Curassow only

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Song & Call Comparison

Red-billed Curassow

鸣唱

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

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

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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保护状况

Endangered

Red-billed Curassow

Extinct in the Wild

Alagoas Curassow

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How to Tell Them Apart

Red-billed Curassow

羽毛

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

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

Red-billed Curassow

红嘴凤冠雉(Crax blumenbachii)— 巴西大西洋森林特有的大型凤冠雉。雄鸟具红色嘴瘤为特征。濒临灭绝。

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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