Yellow-knobbed Curassow vs Alagoas Curassow

Crax daubentoni 对比 Mitu mitu

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Yellow-knobbed Curassow Alagoas Curassow
学名 Crax daubentoni Mitu mitu
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保护状况 Near Threatened Extinct in the Wild
体长
翼展 76.2 cm (30.0 in) 79.2 cm (31.2 in)
体重 2383.3333333333335 g (84.07 oz) 2852.5 g (100.62 oz)
食性 Eats large fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on forest floor of Venezuelan and Colombian lowlands. Forages … Frugivorous; eats fruits, seeds, and invertebrates in the ground and forest understorey. Extinct in wild; …
产卵数 2 2-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Yellow-knobbed Curassow only

Alagoas Curassow only

Song & Call Comparison

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

鸣唱

Emits a deep, resonant booming call; male produces guttural contact clucking. The boom carries through Venezuelan and Colombian dry and gallery forest at dawn.

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.

Geographic Range & Migration

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

Resident in Venezuela and adjacent Colombia. Found in lowland dry and gallery forest in the Llanos and Caribbean coast region.

Alagoas Curassow

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

保护状况

Near Threatened

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

Extinct in the Wild

Alagoas Curassow

How to Tell Them Apart

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

羽毛

Male is black with white lower belly; curly black crest; prominent yellow knob at bill base; yellow bare facial skin. Female barred rufous and black with finely curled crest; yellow …

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 …

About These Birds

Yellow-knobbed Curassow

黄嘴凤冠雉(Crax daubentoni)— 分布于哥伦比亚和委内瑞拉低地森林的凤冠雉。雄鸟具黄色嘴瘤为特征。

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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