• Synonyms Creasted guan
  • Old latin name for bird Meleagris cristata, Penelope purpurea, Penelope cristata

Crested Guanbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Samuel Jones
    Honduras
  • 2.
    Call, © Bobby Wilcox
    Costa Rica
  • 3.
    Alarm call, © rudy gelis
    Ecuador
  • 4.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Costa Rica
  • 5.
    Alarm calls, © Olaf Jahn
    Ecuador
  • 6.
    Alarm calls, © Olaf Jahn
    Ecuador
  • 7.
    Song, wing whirrs, © Kent Livezey
    Panama
  • 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

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Where to see Crested Guan

  • Breeding region Middle America, South America
  • Breeding subregion Mexico to nw SA

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

Species Name in Other Languages

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 à ventre pourpre, Pénélope huppée, Pénélope panachée
GermanHaubenguan, Rostbauchguan, Rostbauchschaku
Hungarianborzas sakutyúk
ItalianGuan crestato, Penelope crestata
Japaneseカンムリシャクケイ
Kazakhтотбауыр пенелопа
Lithuaniankuoduotoji penelopė
Maltesegwan ta' l-għalla, gwan bil-għalla
Norwegianparykkhokko
Norwegian NynorskParykkhokko
Polishpenelopa rdzawobrzucha
PortugueseJacu-de-crista, Jacuaçú, guano-de-crista
RussianРжавобрюхая пенелопа, Пенелопа, Пурпурный Гуан, Хохлатая пенелопа
SerbianĆubasti guan
Slovakšuan chochlatý
SpanishPava cojolita, Pava de Cola Roja, Pavo Cojolito, Pava, Pava Moñuda, Pava Crestada
Swedishtofsguan
TurkishTepeli Guan
Ukrainianпенелопа чубата