Wattled Curassow vs Band-tailed Guan

Crax globulosa 对比 Penelope argyrotis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Wattled Curassow Band-tailed Guan
学名 Crax globulosa Penelope argyrotis
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保护状况 Endangered Least Concern
体长
翼展 69.9 cm (27.5 in) 52.8 cm (20.8 in)
体重 2500.0 g (88.18 oz) 798.0 g (28.15 oz)
食性 Eats large fruits, seeds, and invertebrates on floors of Amazonian várzea forests. Vulnerable; forages along … Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, leaves, flowers, and buds in Andean forests of Venezuela and Colombia. …
产卵数 2 --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Wattled Curassow only

Band-tailed Guan only

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Song & Call Comparison

Wattled Curassow

鸣唱

Emits a deep, resonant booming call and guttural contact clucking. Endangered; the deep boom carries through Amazonian flooded forest (várzea); increasingly rarely heard.

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

Wattled Curassow

Resident in the upper Amazon Basin from Colombia and Peru south to Bolivia and Brazil. Found in lowland and flooded várzea forest.

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

Wattled Curassow

Least Concern

Band-tailed Guan

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How to Tell Them Apart

Wattled Curassow

羽毛

Male glossy black with white belly; curly black crest; dark red knob and wattle at bill base; no yellow. Female black with pale barring; reddish bill ornaments present but smaller. …

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

Wattled Curassow

肉垂凤冠雉(Crax globulosa)— 分布于亚马逊盆地洪泛平原森林的凤冠雉。雄鸟具红色肉垂为特征。濒危种。

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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