Sickle-winged guan

Sickle-winged guan

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Cracidae
Genus:	Chamaepetes
Species:	C. goudotii
Binomial name
*Chamaepetes goudotii* (Lesson, 1828)
Subspecies
C. g. fagani (Chubb, 1917) C. g. rufiventris (Tschudi, 1843) C. g. goudotii (Lesson, 1828) C. g. sanctaemarthae (Chapman, 1912) C. g. tschudii (Taczanowski, 1886)

The sickle-winged guan (Chamaepetes goudotii) is a species of bird in the Cracidae family.

It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. In Ecuador, it is noted that the guans from the Eastern slope, at 61-63.5 cm (24–25 in), were much larger than birds from the Western Andean slope, at 51-54.5 cm (20–22 in).

References

↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Chamaepetes goudotii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

External links

AVIBASE Account and photographs.

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