Alagoas Curassow vs Dusky-legged Guan

Mitu mitu 对比 Penelope obscura

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Alagoas Curassow Dusky-legged Guan
学名 Mitu mitu Penelope obscura
Galliformes Galliformes
Cracidae Cracidae
保护状况 Extinct in the Wild Least Concern
体长
翼展 79.2 cm (31.2 in) 61.9 cm (24.4 in)
体重 2852.5 g (100.62 oz) 1530.0 g (53.97 oz)
食性 Frugivorous; eats fruits, seeds, and invertebrates in the ground and forest understorey. Extinct in wild; … Eats fruits, berries, seeds, leaves, and flowers in South American Atlantic forest and Araucaria forest. …
产卵数 2-3 2-4
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Alagoas Curassow only

Dusky-legged Guan only

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Song & Call Comparison

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.

Dusky-legged Guan

鸣唱

Emits a loud, resonant honking cackle and strong wing-whirring display. The deep, carrying call echoes through southern South American subtropical and humid forest.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Alagoas Curassow

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

Dusky-legged Guan

Resident in southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina. Found in Atlantic Forest and gallery woodland.

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保护状况

Extinct in the Wild

Alagoas Curassow

Least Concern

Dusky-legged Guan

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How to Tell Them Apart

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 …

Dusky-legged Guan

羽毛

Dark brownish-olive above; dark grey legs; bare red throat wattle; neck and breast streaked pale; lower underparts rufous-chestnut; tail dark. Dusky legs distinguish it from similar Spix's Guan.

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About These Birds

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.

Dusky-legged Guan

A large cracid (~1.5 kg) of family Cracidae, with dark legs, olive-brown plumage, and a red wattle. Found in Atlantic Forest and subtropical forests of southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, and Uruguay. Arboreal frugivore. Least Concern; one of the most common guans in southeastern South America and increasingly tolerant of forest fragments.

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