Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor)

Other Names (World)
Black Guan, Black Sickle-winged Guan

Family
Cracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, Curassows)

Size
64 cm

First Described (Guide)
Salvin, 1867

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 450 - 2,250 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica (B) (NB), Panama (B) (NB).

Mountains of Costa Rica and Panama.

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Mostly silent. In breeding season gives soft low piping calls at dawn. Also a low 'kowr' when startled and 'tsik tsik' uttered in alarm. Wings rattle when flying between trees.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor) [XC137743]
by Peter Boesman from Santa Elena Reserve, Guanacaste, Costa Rica (call, wing noise)

Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor) [XC274252]
by Will Sweet from Providencia road, Cerro de la Muerte, San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica (call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Sickle-winged Guan (Chamaepetes goudotii).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor) - 10 files

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