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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
10/05/2024 11:10:54 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Crested Guan*
Id (Atlas):
Penelope purpurascens
Description (10 )
Crested Guan
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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.
Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.
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)... )
Listen to XC274199
Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens ) [XC274199 ]
by Peter Boesman from La Selva biological station, Heredia, Costa Rica (call)
Listen to XC245382
Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens ) [XC245382 ]
by Olaf Jahn from Bosque de Don Gregorio, Vereda Caribabare, Tame, Arauca, Colombia (song)
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:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Crested Guan see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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