Bird group
Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows
57 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.
The Alagoas Curassow is a large, mostly forest-dwelling cracid of historical Atlantic Forest range in Alagoas and Pernambuco, Brazil;…
The Andean Guan is an arboreal cracid of Andean forests from Venezuela and Colombia south to Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. It usually…
The Band-tailed Guan is an arboreal cracid of humid Andean forests from Venezuela and Colombia to Ecuador. It usually keeps to forest…
The Bare-faced Curassow is a large, mostly forest-dwelling cracid of woodlands and forest edges of Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and northern…
The Baudo Guan is an arboreal cracid of Choco forests of western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. It usually keeps to forest canopy and…
The Bearded Guan is an arboreal cracid of humid montane forests of southern Ecuador and northern Peru. It usually keeps to forest canopy…
The Black Curassow is a large, mostly forest-dwelling cracid of lowland forests of the Guianas, southern Venezuela, and northern Brazil. It…
The Black Guan is an arboreal cracid of montane forests of Costa Rica and western Panama. It usually keeps to forest canopy and edges,…
The Black-fronted Piping-Guan is an arboreal cracid of Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, and northeastern…
The Blue-billed Curassow is a large, mostly forest-dwelling cracid of lowland forests of northern Colombia. It spends much of its time…
The Blue-throated Piping-Guan is an arboreal cracid of Amazonian and Orinoco forests of northern South America. It usually keeps to forest…
The Buff-browed Chachalaca is a noisy, social cracid of woodlands of eastern and central Brazil and nearby Paraguay. It moves through…
The Cauca Guan is an arboreal cracid of Cauca and Magdalena valley forests of Colombia. It usually keeps to forest canopy and edges,…
The Chaco Chachalaca is a noisy, social cracid of dry Chaco woodland of Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, and nearby Brazil. It moves through…
The Chestnut-bellied Guan is an arboreal cracid of gallery forest, wetlands, and wooded savanna of central Brazil. It usually keeps to…
The Chestnut-headed Chachalaca is a noisy, social cracid of north-central Brazil between the Tapajos and Araguaia river systems. It moves…
The Chestnut-winged Chachalaca is a noisy, social cracid of dry forest and thickets of northern Colombia. It moves through thickets, forest…
The Colombian Chachalaca is a noisy, social cracid of wooded valleys and slopes of Colombia. It moves through thickets, forest edges, and…
The Crested Guan is an arboreal cracid of tropical forest from southern Mexico through Central America to northwestern South America. It…
The Crestless Curassow is a large, mostly forest-dwelling cracid of lowland forest of the Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, and northern…
The Dusky-legged Guan is an arboreal cracid of Atlantic Forest and adjacent woodlands of southeastern South America. It usually keeps to…
The East Brazilian Chachalaca is a noisy, social cracid of eastern Brazilian forest edge, scrub, and second growth. It moves through…
The Gray-headed Chachalaca is a noisy, social cracid of forest edges from Central America to northwestern Colombia. It moves through…
The Great Curassow is a large, mostly forest-dwelling cracid of lowland forests from southern Mexico through Central America to…
The Helmeted Curassow is a large, mostly forest-dwelling cracid of cloud forests of the Colombian and Venezuelan Andes. It spends much of…
The Highland Guan is an arboreal cracid of highland cloud forests from southern Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and…
The Horned Curassow is a large, mostly forest-dwelling cracid of humid montane forest of central Bolivia. It spends much of its time…
The Horned Guan is an arboreal cracid of humid highlands of Chiapas and Guatemala. It usually keeps to forest canopy and edges, feeding…
The Marail Guan is an arboreal cracid of lowland forests of the Guianas, southern Venezuela, and northern Brazil. It usually keeps to…
The Nocturnal Curassow is a large, mostly forest-dwelling cracid of western Amazonian forest. It spends much of its time walking quietly on…
The Plain Chachalaca is a noisy, social cracid of brushy woodland from south Texas and eastern Mexico into Central America. It moves…
The Razor-billed Curassow is a large, mostly forest-dwelling cracid of Amazon Basin forests of northern South America. It spends much of…
The Red-billed Curassow is a large, mostly forest-dwelling cracid of Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. It spends much of its time walking…
The Red-faced Guan is an arboreal cracid of Yungas and montane forest of Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. It usually keeps to forest…
The Red-throated Piping-Guan is an arboreal cracid of southern Amazonian forests of Bolivia and Brazil. It usually keeps to forest canopy…
The Rufous-bellied Chachalaca is a noisy, social cracid of dry tropical woodland of western Mexico. It moves through thickets, forest…
The Rufous-headed Chachalaca is a noisy, social cracid of dry and semi-humid forest of western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. It moves…
The Rufous-vented Chachalaca is a noisy, social cracid of northern Colombia, northern Venezuela, Tobago, and nearby islands. It moves…
The Rusty-margined Guan is an arboreal cracid of wooded habitats from eastern Brazil to Paraguay, Bolivia, and northern Argentina. It…
The Salvin's Curassow is a large, mostly forest-dwelling cracid of western Amazonian and foothill forests of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.…
The Scaled Chachalaca is a noisy, social cracid of Atlantic Forest and wooded edges of southeastern Brazil. It moves through thickets,…
The Sickle-winged Guan is an arboreal cracid of Andean cloud forests from Colombia and Ecuador south through Peru to Bolivia. It usually…
The Sira Curassow is a large, mostly forest-dwelling cracid of Sira Mountains of central Peru. It spends much of its time walking quietly…
The Speckled Chachalaca is a noisy, social cracid of Amazonian forest edge and riverine woodland. It moves through thickets, forest edges,…
The Spix's Guan is an arboreal cracid of Amazonian forests of northern South America. It usually keeps to forest canopy and edges, feeding…
The Trinidad Piping-Guan is an arboreal cracid of the Northern Range of Trinidad. It usually keeps to forest canopy and edges, feeding…
The Variable Chachalaca is a noisy, social cracid of forest edges and riverine woodland of the Guianas and northern Amazonia. It moves…
The Wattled Curassow is a large, mostly forest-dwelling cracid of seasonally flooded Amazonian river forests. It spends much of its time…
The Wattled Guan is an arboreal cracid of humid Andean forests from Colombia and Ecuador south into Peru and Bolivia. It usually keeps to…
The West Mexican Chachalaca is a noisy, social cracid of Pacific-slope woodland of western Mexico. It moves through thickets, forest edges,…
The White-bellied Chachalaca is a noisy, social cracid of Pacific-slope dry forest and scrub from southern Mexico through Central America.…
The White-browed Guan is an arboreal cracid of dry Caatinga and seasonal woodland of northeastern Brazil. It usually keeps to forest canopy…
The White-crested Guan is an arboreal cracid of eastern Amazonian and Atlantic-influenced forests of Brazil. It usually keeps to forest…
The White-throated Piping-Guan is an arboreal cracid of southwestern Amazonia in eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and western Brazil. It…
The White-winged Guan is an arboreal cracid of dry forests of northwestern Peru. It usually keeps to forest canopy and edges, feeding…
The Yellow-knobbed Curassow is a large, mostly forest-dwelling cracid of seasonal forests and savannas of northern Colombia, Venezuela, and…
The Yungas Guan is an arboreal cracid of Yungas forests of southwestern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. It usually keeps to forest…
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