Birds of the World

    GALLIFORMES: Cracidae (Chachalacas, Curassows, Guans)  
Genus: Chamaepetes (2 species)


Sickle-winged Guan
Sickle-winged Guan (Chamaepetes goudotii goudotii)
Range: SA: Colombia to Bolivia
Parque Ecológico El Salado, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A medium-sized guan, and often the most common guan. Sometimes solitary, but sometimes in groups. Note rufous legs and breast and (sometimes) blue face.
An individual without blue face eating fruit.

Black Guan
Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor)
Range: MA: Costa Rica and Panama
Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba