Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows
Cracidae
The chachalacas, guans, and curassows are birds in the family Cracidae. These are species of tropical and subtropical Central and South America. The range of one species, the plain chachalaca, just reaches southernmost parts of Texas in the United States. Two species, the Trinidad piping guan and the rufous-vented chachalaca occur on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago respectively.
11 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 57 known species
Chachalacas
genusOrtalis
Typical Guans
genusPenelope
Crested Curassows
genusCrax
Black and Sickle-winged Guans
genusChamaepetes
Piping-Guans
genusPipile
Crestless Curassows
genusMitu
Penelopina
genusPenelopina
Oreophasis
genusOreophasis
Aburria
genusAburria
Nothocrax
genusNothocrax
Casqued Curassows
genusPauxi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 2043.