Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so. (Genesis 1:30 NKJV)
CLASS – AVES, Order – GALLIFORMES, Family – Cracidae – Chachalacas, Curassows & Guans
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I.O.C. 3.1 Version
Genus (11), Species (55), Subspecies
Ortalis
Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula) by Dave’s BirdingPix – Video - Sound - *LLABS*
____ (Ortalis vetula mccalli)
____ (Ortalis vetula vetula)
____ (Ortalis vetula pallidiventris)
____ (Ortalis vetula intermedia)
____ (Ortalis vetula deschauenseei)
Grey-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps) – Video - Sound
Chestnut-winged Chachalaca (Ortalis garrula)
Rufous-vented Chachalaca (Ortalis ruficauda) – Video - Sound
____ (Ortalis ruficauda ruficrissa)
____ (Ortalis ruficauda ruficauda)
Rufous-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis erythroptera) IBC – Sound
Rufous-bellied Chachalaca (Ortalis wagleri)
West Mexican Chachalaca (Ortalis poliocephala) – Video - Sound
Chaco Chachalaca (Ortalis canicollis) – Video - Sound
____ (Ortalis canicollis canicollis)
____ (Ortalis canicollis pantanalensis)
White-bellied Chachalaca (Ortalis leucogastra) – Video - Sound
Speckled Chachalaca (Ortalis guttata) by Ian – Video - Sound
____ (Ortalis guttata guttata) IBC
____ (Ortalis guttata subaffinis) Video IBC
East Brazilian Chachalaca (Ortalis araucuan)
Scaled Chachalaca (Ortalis squamata)
Colombian Chachalaca (Ortalis columbiana) IBC – Video IBC
Little Chachalaca (Ortalis motmot) – Sound
Chestnut-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis ruficeps)
Buff-browed Chachalaca (Ortalis superciliaris)
Penelope
Band-tailed Guan (Penelope argyrotis) – Video
____ (Penelope argyrotis colombiana)
____ (Penelope argyrotis argyrotis)
Bearded Guan (Penelope barbata) – Video
Baudo Guan (Penelope ortoni)
Andean Guan (Penelope montagnii) - Video
____ (Penelope montagnii montagnii)
____ (Penelope montagnii atrogularis)
____ (Penelope montagnii brooki)
____ (Penelope montagnii plumosa)
____ (Penelope montagnii sclateri)
Marail Guan (Penelope marail) – Video IBC
____ (Penelope marail jacupeba)
____ (Penelope marail marail)
Rusty-margined Guan (Penelope superciliaris) – Video
____ (Penelope superciliaris superciliaris)
____ (Penelope superciliaris jacupemba)
____ (Penelope superciliaris major)
Red-faced Guan (Penelope dabbenei) – Video
Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens) – Video
____ (Penelope purpurascens purpurascens)
____ (Penelope purpurascens aequatorialis)
____ (Penelope purpurascens brunnescens)
Cauca Guan (Penelope perspicax) – Video
White-winged Guan (Penelope albipennis) – Video
Spix’s Guan (Penelope jacquacu) – Video
____ (Penelope jacquacu granti)
____ (Penelope jacquacu orienticola)
____ (Penelope jacquacu jacquacu)
____ (Penelope jacquacu speciosa)
Dusky-legged Guan (Penelope obscura) – Video
____ (Penelope obscura bronzina)
____ (Penelope obscura obscura)
____ (Penelope obscura bridgesi)
White-crested Guan (Penelope pileata) – Video
Chestnut-bellied Guan (Penelope ochrogaster) – Video
White-browed Guan (Penelope jacucaca) – Video
Pipile
Trinidad Piping Guan (Pipile pipile) by Ian – Video
Blue-throated Piping Guan (Pipile cumanensis) – Video
____ (Pipile cumanensis cumanensis)
____ (Pipile cumanensis grayi)
Red-throated Piping Guan (Pipile cujubi) – Video
____ (Pipile cujubi cujubi)
____ (Pipile cujubi nattereri)
Black-fronted Piping Guan (Pipile jacutinga) – Video
Aburria
Wattled Guan (Aburria aburri) – Video
Chamaepetes
Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor) – Video
Sickle-winged Guan (Chamaepetes goudotii) – Video below by Keith
____ (Chamaepetes goudotii goudotii)
____ (Chamaepetes goudotii sanctaemarthae)
____ (Chamaepetes goudotii fagani)
____ (Chamaepetes goudotii tschudii)
____ (Chamaepetes goudotii rufiventris)
Penelopina
Highland Guan (Penelopina nigra)
Oreophasis
Horned Guan (Oreophasis derbianus) – Video
Nothocrax
Nocturnal Curassow (Nothocrax urumutum) – Video
Mitu
Crestless Curassow (Mitu tomentosum) IBC
Salvin’s Curassow (Mitu salvini)
Razor-billed Curassow (Mitu tuberosum) – Video by Keith
Alagoas Curassow (Mitu mitu) – Video IBC
Pauxi
Helmeted Curassow (Pauxi pauxi) – Video
____ (Pauxi pauxi pauxi)
____ (Pauxi pauxi gilliardi)
Horned Curassow (Pauxi unicornis) – Video
____ (Pauxi unicornis unicornis)
Sira Curassow (Pauxi koepckeae)
Crax
Great Curassow (Crax rubra) by Kent Nickell – Video
____ (Crax rubra rubra)
____ (Crax rubra griscomi)
Blue-billed Curassow (Crax alberti)
Yellow-knobbed Curassow (Crax daubentoni)
Black Curassow (Crax alector) ©WikiC – Video
Wattled Curassow (Crax globulosa) ©WikiC – Video - *LLABS*
Bare-faced Curassow (Crax fasciolata)
____ (Crax fasciolata fasciolata)
____ (Crax fasciolata pinima)
____ (Crax fasciolata grayi)
Red-billed Curassow (Crax blumenbachii) – Video
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Photographers or Videographers used on this page from our sidebar, Photography, are:
Dave’s BirdingPix
Ian Montgomery’s Birdway
Kent Nickell
Keith Blomerley – Videographer
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