Red-billed Curassow vs Band-tailed Guan

Crax blumenbachii 对比 Penelope argyrotis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Red-billed Curassow Band-tailed Guan
学名 Crax blumenbachii Penelope argyrotis
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保护状况 Endangered Least Concern
体长
翼展 76.8 cm (30.2 in) 52.8 cm (20.8 in)
体重 3250.0 g (114.64 oz) 798.0 g (28.15 oz)
食性 Eats large fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on Atlantic forest floor in Brazil. Critically endangered; diet … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, flowers, and buds in Andean forests of Venezuela and Colombia. …
产卵数 1-3 --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Red-billed Curassow only

Band-tailed Guan 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.

Band-tailed Guan

鸣唱

Produces a loud, honking cackle and resonant wing-whirring in display flights. The deep, carrying honk and wing-whirr display is characteristic of this Andean Penelope guan.

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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.

Band-tailed Guan

Resident in the Andes and mountains of Colombia and Venezuela from 1,000-2,400 m. Found in humid montane forest.

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保护状况

Endangered

Red-billed Curassow

Least Concern

Band-tailed Guan

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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 …

Band-tailed Guan

羽毛

Brownish-black above with fine white streaking on neck and chest; bare red facial skin; lower underparts chestnut; tail broad with distinctive pale grey subterminal band.

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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。

Band-tailed Guan

A medium-sized cracid (~800 g) of family Cracidae, with a distinctive pale-tipped tail band. Inhabits montane humid forests in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Andes of Colombia and Venezuela. Arboreal, feeding on fruits, seeds, and buds in the canopy. Least Concern; restricted to Andean cloud forest but common within its range and tolerates some forest disturbance.

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