GUANS, CHACHALACAS Y CURASSOWS
PAVAS, GUACHARACAS y PAUJILES
Mostly arboreal and they feed on the ground. Noisy at dawn and dusk. Found in small groups or in pairs. Populations are been depleted because of persecution. Chachalacas haves short rounded wings and long tails.
Viven en árboles y se alimentan en el suelo. Son ruidosas al amanecer y al atardecer. Forman grupos pequeños o a menudo se encuentran en pares. Muchas han sido perseguidas. Guacharacas tienen alas cortas, redondeadas y cola larga.
COLOMBIAN CHACHALACA
Name in Spanish: Guacharaca Colombiana
Size/Tamaño: 20 in | 50 cm Locaation: Valle del Cauca and the Andes
Altura: 300 - 2000 m
Status: Endemic
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
CAUCA GUAN
Name in Spanish: Pava Caucana
Size/Tamaño: 25 in | 62 cm
Status:
Location: They occur on the west slopes of the West and Central Andes of Colombia.
Altura: 900 - 2150 m
Notes: Es una especie endémica de Colombia; en el Cauca, Quindío, Risaralda y Valle del Cauca.
Photos by: Luis A. Materón ©
Species of the family Tinamidae to photograph
Species de la familia Tinamidae por fotografiar
Scientific Name |
Name in Spanish |
Name in English |
Chamaepetes goudotii |
Pava Maraquera |
Sickle-winged Guan |
Penelope argyrotis |
Pava Canosa |
Band-tailed Guan |
Penelope ortoni |
Pava del Baudó |
Baudo Guan |
Penelope montagnii |
Pava Andina |
Andean Guan |
Penelope jacquacu |
Pava Llanera |
Spix’s Guan |
Penelope purpurascens |
Pava Moñuda |
Crested Guan |
Penelope perspicax |
Pava Caucana |
Cauca Guan |
Pipile cumanensis |
Pava Rajadora |
Blue-throated Piping-Guan |
Aburria aburri |
Pava Negra |
Wattled Guan |
Ortalis cinereiceps |
Guacharaca del Chocó |
Gray-headed Chachalaca |
Ortalis garrula |
Guacharaca Caribeña |
Chestnut-winged Chachalaca |
Ortalis ruficauda |
Guacharaca Guajira |
Rufous-vented Chachalaca |
Ortalis erythroptera |
Guacharaca Cabecirrufa |
Rufous-headed Chachalaca |
Ortalis guttata |
Guacharaca Variable |
Speckled Chachalaca |
Nothocrax urumutum |
Paujil Nocturno |
Nocturnal Curassow |
Crax rubra |
Paujil del Chocó |
Great Curassow |
Crax alberti |
Paujil Piquiazul |
Blue-billed Curassow |
Crax daubentoni |
Paujil Moquiamarillo |
Yellow-knobbed Curassow |
Crax alector |
Paujil Negro |
Black Curassow |
Crax globulosa |
Paujil Moquirrojo |
Wattled Curassow |
Mitu tomentosum |
Paujil Culicastaño |
Crestless Curassow |
Mitu salvini |
Paujil Culiblanco |
Salvin’s Curassow |
Mitu tuberosum |
Paujil Pico-de-hacha |
Razor-billed Curassow |
Pauxi pauxi |
Paujil Copete-de-piedra |
Helmeted Curassow |