Chachalacas, Curassows, Guans
Crested Guan
Penelope purpurascens
The Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens) is a 2.1 kg forest bird that eats mostly fruit. It stays put all year.
- Family
- Chachalacas, Curassows, Guans
- Order
- Galliformes
- Weight
- 2.1 kg
- Habitat
- Forest
- Diet
- Fruit and nectar
- Migration
- Resident
- Countries recorded
- 10
Recorded in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Honduras, Venezuela, Nicaragua.
Where to see it: Arenal Observatory Lodge (Costa Rica); Curi-Cancha Refugio de Vida Silvestre (Costa Rica); Chan Chich Lodge (Belize); Estación Biológica La Selva-OTS (Costa Rica); RNP Los Tarrales · sendero La Rinconada (Guatemala).
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