Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens)

Other Names (World)
Crested Guan, Purple Guan, Purplish Guan

Family
Cracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, Curassows)

Size
72 - 91 cm

First Described (Guide)
Wagler, 1830

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, dry forest. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (57)...)

Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens) [XC298175]
by Bobby Wilcox from Cusuco National Park, Honduras (call)

Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens) [XC498916]
by Paul Driver from Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Sierra de San Juan--La Noria, Nayarit, Mexico (call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with White-browed Guan (Penelope jacucaca), Cauca Guan (Penelope perspicax), White-winged Guan (Penelope albipennis) and Dusky-legged Guan (Penelope obscura). Penelope cristata is a synonym.

Has hybridized with Marail Guan (Penelope marail), White-crested Guan (Penelope pileata) and Rusty-margined Guan (Penelope superciliaris) in captivity. Spix's Guan (Penelope jacquacu) was formerly considered a subspecies of Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

purpurascens Wagler, 1830 - North-western and north-eastern Mexico south to Honduras and Nicaragua.
aequatorialis Salvadori & Festa, 1900 - Southern Honduras and Nicaragua south to north-western Colombia and south-eastern Ecuador; possibly also to extreme northern Peru.
brunnescens Hellmayr & Conover, 1932 - Northern Colombia to eastern Venezuela.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens) - 10 files

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