Black guan
The black guan (Chamaepetes unicolor) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. It is found in the Talamancan montane forests of Costa Rica and Panama.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Cracidae |
| Genus: | Chamaepetes |
| Species: | C. unicolor |
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| Chamaepetes unicolor Salvin, 1867 | |
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Description
The black guan is 61 cm (24 in) long. Its plumage is all black with contrasting bright blue facial skin around a red eye. The legs and feet are pinkish-red.[2][3]
Ecology
The black guan is frugivorous, eating fruit and berries while travelling through the tree canopy. It is mostly silent.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss. This species is listed as Near Threatened because it occupies a small range, in which it is threatened by hunting and limited habitat loss and degradation.
References
- BirdLife International (2018). "Chamaepetes unicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Garrigues, Richard; Dean, Robert (2007). The Birds of Costa Rica. Ithaca: Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9.
- Angehr, George R.; Dean, Robert (2010). The Birds of Panama. Ithaca: Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-8014-7674-7.
External links
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- BirdLife species factsheet for Chamaepetes unicolor
- "Black Guan media". Internet Bird Collection.
- Black Guan photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Black Guan species account at Neotropical Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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