Cracidae
Crax alector Linnaeus, 1766
Crax alector Linnaeus, 1766
Crax alector (black curassow) is a large bird with distinct plumage and physical traits differing between males, females, and juveniles.
Crax fasciolata Spix, 1825
Crax fasciolata Spix, 1825
Crax fasciolata, the bare-faced curassow, is a large sexually dimorphic bird with distinct physical differences between males and females.
Crax alberti Fraser, 1852
Crax alberti Fraser, 1852
Crax alberti, the blue-billed curassow, is a distinctively marked bird endemic to fragmented northern Colombian forests.
Crax blumenbachii Spix, 1825
Crax blumenbachii Spix, 1825
Crax blumenbachii, the red-billed curassow, is a large bird with distinct plumage differences between males and females.
Crax rubra Linnaeus, 1758
Crax rubra Linnaeus, 1758
Crax rubra (great curassow) is a very large cracid with distinct male and female plumage, and a peculiar lingering whistle call.
Oreophasis derbianus G.R.Gray, 1844
Oreophasis derbianus G.R.Gray, 1844
Oreophasis derbianus, the horned guan, is a distinctive bird found in localized highland forest patches of southern Mexico and Guatemala.
Penelope obscura Temminck, 1815
Penelope obscura Temminck, 1815
Penelope obscura is a bird similar to the smaller rusty-margined guan that lives in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
Penelope superciliaris Temminck, 1815
Penelope superciliaris Temminck, 1815
This is a description of the rusty-margined guan (Penelope superciliaris), covering its appearance, subspecies variation, distribution and habitat.
Penelope purpurascens Wagler, 1830
Penelope purpurascens Wagler, 1830
Penelope purpurascens, the crested guan, is a turkey-like bird with three subspecies found across Neotropical forested habitats.
Penelope pileata Wagler, 1830
Penelope pileata Wagler, 1830
Penelope pileata, the white-crested guan, is a large Brazilian endemic bird found in Amazonian tropical forests.
Penelope perspicax Bangs, 1911
Penelope perspicax Bangs, 1911
Penelope perspicax, the Cauca guan, is a large endemic Colombian cracid bird that feeds on fruit, leaves, flowers and invertebrates.
Penelope ochrogaster Pelzeln, 1870
Penelope ochrogaster Pelzeln, 1870
Penelope ochrogaster, the chestnut-bellied guan, is a Brazil-only Cracidae bird threatened by habitat loss.
Penelope montagnii (Bonaparte, 1856)
Penelope montagnii (Bonaparte, 1856)
Penelope montagnii, the Andean guan, is a medium-sized brown cracid that lives in Andean cloud forests.
Penelope argyrotis (Bonaparte, 1856)
Penelope argyrotis (Bonaparte, 1856)
Penelope argyrotis (band-tailed guan) is a guan species with multiple subspecies that live in northern South American forests.
Penelope jacquacu Spix, 1825
Penelope jacquacu Spix, 1825
Penelope jacquacu (Spix's guan) is a guan species with four plumage-varying subspecies found in northern South American forests.
Penelope bridgesi G.R.Gray, 1860
Penelope bridgesi G.R.Gray, 1860
Penelope bridgesi, the Yungas guan, is a large guan native to Andean subtropical forests of Bolivia and Argentina.
Chamaepetes goudotii (R.Lesson, 1828)
Chamaepetes goudotii (R.Lesson, 1828)
Sickle-winged guan (Chamaepetes goudotii) is a South American bird with multiple described subspecies varying in size and plumage.
Chamaepetes unicolor Salvin, 1867
Chamaepetes unicolor Salvin, 1867
Chamaepetes unicolor (the black guan) is a mostly black bird found in montane cloudforests of Costa Rica and Panama.
Ortalis motmot (Linnaeus, 1766)
Ortalis motmot (Linnaeus, 1766)
Ortalis motmot, the little chachalaca, is a small bird with defined plumage found across northern South America.
Ortalis leucogastra (Gould, 1843)
Ortalis leucogastra (Gould, 1843)
Ortalis leucogastra, the white-bellied chachalaca, is a brown-bodied bird found along Pacific Central America in multiple forest and scrub habitats.
Ortalis wagleri G.R.Gray, 1867
Ortalis wagleri G.R.Gray, 1867
Ortalis wagleri, the rufous-bellied chachalaca, is a richly colored bird found in forests of western Mexico.
Ortalis ruficauda Jardine, 1847
Ortalis ruficauda Jardine, 1847
Ortalis ruficauda, the rufous-vented chachalaca, is a medium turkey-like arboreal bird found in neotropical forests and scrub.
Ortalis garrula (Humboldt, 1805)
Ortalis garrula (Humboldt, 1805)
Ortalis garrula, the chestnut-winged chachalaca, is a bird found in thick vegetation in northern Colombia, with distinct brown and white plumage.
Ortalis erythroptera P.L.Sclater & Salvin, 1870
Ortalis erythroptera P.L.Sclater & Salvin, 1870
Ortalis erythroptera, the rufous-headed chachalaca, is a bird found in dry Andean foothill and coastal forests of northwestern South America.
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