Sickle-winged Guan (Chamaepetes goudotii)

Other Names (World)
Sickle-winged Guan, Goudot's Guan, Rufous Sickle-winged Guan

Family
Cracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, Curassows)

Size
50 - 65 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1828)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 500 - 3,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (32)...)

Sickle-winged Guan (Chamaepetes goudotii) [XC275837]
by Jorge Andres Lopez-Ospina from Carchi: Chilma, Ecuador (call)

Sickle-winged Guan (Chamaepetes goudotii) [XC517881]
by Jerome Fischer from Quebrada San Jos\u00e9, Colombia (?)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor).

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

goudotii (Lesson, 1828) - Andes of central and western Colombia.
sanctaemarthae Chapman, 1912 - Santa Marta Mts, northern Colombia.
fagani Chubb, C, 1917 - Western slope of Andes in south-western Colombia and Ecuador.
tschudii Taczanowski, 1886 - Eastern slope of Andes in southern Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru.
rufiventris (Tschudi, 1843) - Eastern slope of Andes in central Peru.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Sickle-winged Guan (Chamaepetes goudotii) - 10 files

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