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Birds
Crested guan
Crested guan · Penelope purpurascens
In dim forest light the Crested guan is easy to recognise by its crest and its bright red throat pouch.
Fact file
- Size
- Up to 91 centimetres long and around 1.3 to 1.6 kilograms in weight
- Males and females
- No visible difference between male and female
- Sounds
- Guttural rattling and rasping alarm calls
- Diet
- Fruits, seeds, shoots and occasionally insects
- Offspring
- 2 to 3 eggs per clutch, nest usually high up in a tree
How to identify Crested guan
At first glance the Crested guan looks striking yet somehow unhurried. Its plumage is mostly dark olive-brown, often a little paler on breast and belly. Its trademark is the shaggy crest of raised feathers that gives it its name. Eye-catchers are the white speckles on neck and breast and the clearly red throat pouch, which is especially noticeable when it is excited or displaying.
Its long, slender outline with a strong, curved bill and sweeping tail makes the Crested guan unmistakable. At 84 to 91 centimetres in body length it is remarkably large for a bird of these habitats. Confusion is most likely with highland guans, but these are usually absent from the same habitats and have a much more discreet throat wattle.
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- one place where you can see Crested guan
Where Crested guan live
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