Black guan
Appearance
Black guan | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Cracidae |
Genus: | Chamaepetes |
Species: | C. unicolor
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Binomial name | |
Chamaepetes unicolor Salvin, 1867
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The black guan (Chamaepetes unicolor) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
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
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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
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ 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)