Crested Guan bird informationValues
Conservation statusNT - Near threatened
SynonymsCreasted guan
Old latin name for birdPenelope cristata, Penelope purpurea, Meleagris cristata
OrderСhickens and relatives / Galliformes
FamilyChachalacas, Curassows, Guans / Cracidae
GenusPenelope
Breeding regionMiddle America, South America
Breeding subregionMexico to nw SA

Crested Guan bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Bobby Wilcox
    Costa Rica
  • 2.
    Call, © Samuel Jones
    Honduras
  • 3.
    Alarm call, © Oscar Campbell
    Costa Rica
  • 4.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Costa Rica
  • 5.
    Alarm calls, © Olaf Jahn
    Ecuador
  • 6.
    Alarm calls, © Olaf Jahn
    Ecuador
  • 7.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Costa Rica
  • 8.
    Alarm calls, distress calls, © Olaf Jahn
    Ecuador
  • 9.
    Display calls, © Patricio Mena Valenzuela
    Ecuador
  • 10.
    Dawn song, wing rattle, © Patricio Mena Valenzuela
    Ecuador
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Crested Guan

Crested Guan subspecies (3)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Penelope purpurascens aequatorialiss Honduras to nw Colombia and se Ecuador-No
Penelope purpurascens brunnescensn Colombia to e Venezuela-No
Penelope purpurascens purpurascensnw, ne Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Catalanguan crestat
Chinese紫冠雉
Chinese (Traditional)紫冠雉
Croatiankudravi guan
Czechguan chocholatý, Guan rezavobrichý
DanishToppet Penelopehøne
DutchKuifsjakohoen
EsperantoKresta penelopo
Estoniansuur-lotthoko
Finnishisosaku
FrenchPénélope panachée, Pénélope à ventre pourpre, Pénélope huppée
GermanRostbauchschaku, Rostbauchguan, Haubenguan
Hungarianborzas sakutyúk
ItalianPenelope crestata, Guan crestato
Japaneseカンムリシャクケイ
Kazakhтотбауыр пенелопа
Lithuaniankuoduotoji penelopė
Maltesegwan ta' l-għalla, gwan bil-għalla
Norwegianparykkhokko, Parykkhokko
Norwegian NynorskParykkhokko
Polishpenelopa rdzawobrzucha
Portugueseguano-de-crista, Jacuaçú, jacu-de-crista, jacu-de-penacho
RussianХохлатая пенелопа, Пенелопа, Пурпурный Гуан, Ржавобрюхая пенелопа
SerbianĆubasti guan
Slovakšuan chochlatý
SpanishPava de Cola Roja, Pava, Pava Crestada, Pava cojolita, Pavo Cojolito, Pava Moñuda
Swedishtofsguan
TurkishTepeli Guan
Ukrainianпенелопа чубата