Family
Cracidae
56 species
The list of species of Cracidae family
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The list of species of Cracidae family
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The Alagoas curassow (Mitu mitu) is a pheasant-like bird that was formerly found in forests of Brazil. It is now extinct in the wild. German naturalist Georg Marcgrave first identified the Alagoas curassow in 1648 in its native range. Subsequently,...
The great curassow (Crax rubra ) is a large, pheasant-like bird from the Neotropical rainforests, its range extending from eastern Mexico, through Central America to western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. Male birds are black with curly crests...
The plain chachalaca (Ortalis vetula ) is a large bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae. It breeds in tropical and subtropical environments from mezquital thickets in the Rio Grande Valley in southernmost Texas, United States to...
The rufous-vented chachalaca (Ortalis ruficauda ) is a member of an ancient group of birds of the family Cracidae, which are related to the Australasian mound builders. It inhabits northeast Colombia and northern Venezuela where it is called...
The horned guan (Oreophasis derbianus ) is a large, approximately 85 cm (33 in) long, turkey-like bird with glossy black dorsal plumage, red legs, a white iris, a yellow bill, and a red horn on top of its head. The breast and upper belly are white,...
The crested guan (Penelope purpurascens ) is a member of an ancient group of birds of the family Cracidae, which are related to the Australasian megapodes or mound builders (Megapodiidae). It is found in the Neotropics, in lowlands forests ranging...
The helmeted curassow (Pauxi pauxi ) or northern helmeted curassow, is a large terrestrial bird in the family Cracidae found in the subtropical cloud-forest in steep, mountainous regions of western Venezuela and northern Colombia. There are two...
The blue-billed curassow (Crax alberti ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is endemic to Colombia.
The bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, curassows, etc. It is found in Brazil, Paraguay, and eastern Bolivia, and extreme northeast Argentina, in the cerrado, pantanal, and the...
The wattled curassow (Crax globulosa ) is a threatened member of the family Cracidae, the curassows, guans, and chachalacas. It is found in remote rainforests in the western Amazon basin in South America. Males have black plumage, except for a white...
The Trinidad piping guan (Pipile pipile ) locally known as the pawi, is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae, endemic to the island of Trinidad. It is a large bird, somewhat resembling a turkey in appearance, and research has...
The black curassow (Crax alector ), also known as the smooth-billed curassow and the crested curassow, is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in humid forests in northern South America in...
The grey-headed chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps ) is a member of an ancient group of birds of the family Cracidae, which includes chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found from Honduras to Colombia.
The West Mexican chachalaca (Ortalis poliocephala ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is endemic to Mexico.
The speckled chachalaca (Ortalis guttata ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
The horned curassow (Pauxi unicornis ), or southern helmeted curassow, is a species of bird in the family Cracidae found in humid tropical and subtropical forests. It was first described by James Bond and Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee in 1939 from a...
The blue-throated piping guan (Pipile cumanensis ) is a South American bird of the family Cracidae that is somewhat similar in appearance to the turkey.
The black guan (Chamaepetes unicolor ) is a species of bird in the chachalaca, guan, and curassow family Cracidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
The yellow-knobbed curassow (Crax daubentoni ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.
The razor-billed curassow (Mitu tuberosum ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.
The Chaco chachalaca (Ortalis canicollis ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and possibly Uruguay.
The black-fronted piping guan or jacutinga in Brazilian Portuguese (Pipile jacutinga ) is a bird in the chachalaca, guan, and curassow family Cracidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
The dusky-legged guan (Penelope obscura ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Uruguay, northeastern Argentina and southernmost areas of Paraguay and Brazil. In early 2021, the former...
Spix's guan (Penelope jacquacu ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. It is "the prototypical cracid of the Amazonian lowlands." The common name commemorates the German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix (1782-1826).
The white-winged guan (Penelope albipennis ) is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae. It is endemic to northwestern Peru.
The red-billed curassow or red-knobbed curassow (Crax blumenbachii ) is an endangered species of cracid that is endemic to lowland Atlantic Forest in the states of Espírito Santo, Bahia and Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil. Its population is...
The rusty-margined guan (Penelope superciliaris ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, which includes the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.
The Andean guan (Penelope montagnii ) is a gamefowl species of the family Cracidae, in which it belongs to the guan subfamily Penelopinae. This bird occurs in the highlands (5,000 ft/1,500 m ASL and higher) of the Andes, from Venezuela and Colombia...
The rufous-bellied chachalaca (Ortalis wagleri ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is endemic to western Mexico.
The nocturnal curassow (Nothocrax urumutum ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
The highland guan (Penelopina nigra ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. It is found in the highlands of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, southern Mexico, and Nicaragua.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest....
The white-bellied chachalaca (Ortalis leucogastra ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
The sickle-winged guan (Chamaepetes goudotii ) is a species of bird in the chachalaca, guan, and curassow family Cracidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
The chestnut-bellied guan (Penelope ochrogaster ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. It is found only in Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical swampland. It is threatened by habitat...
The crestless curassow (Mitu tomentosum ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, and Venezuela.
The wattled guan (Aburria aburri ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. It is a fairly large black cracid with blue-based, black-tipped beak and a long, red-and-yellow wattle.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural...
The Sira curassow (Pauxi koepckeae ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. It is found in the Cerros del Sira in central Peru. Its natural habitat is tropical, moist, montane cloud forest.It was first discovered in 1969, when a male and...
The Colombian chachalaca (Ortalis columbiana ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. It is endemic to the forests and woodlands in the inter-Andean valleys in Colombia. Colombian Chachalacas are frugivorous and lead an arboreal lifestyle. The...
Salvin's curassow (Mitu salvini ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
The Cauca guan (Penelope perspicax ) is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family, Cracidae. It is a large guan, and like most guans leads a mostly arboreal life in humid forests, where it forages for fruit and leaves. The Cauca guan is...
The little chachalaca (Ortalis motmot ) is a bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela and possibly Colombia.
The rufous-headed chachalaca (Ortalis erythroptera ) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
