Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernFruit

ForestPlatform nestLarge · 1.1 kg

Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor), photo 4 — Photo: Andre Knocklein · CC BY 4.0

Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor), photo 5 — Photo: Thomas Ebner · CC BY 4.0

Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor), photo 6 — Photo: Karen Szafrajda · CC BY 4.0

Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor), photo 7 — Photo: Karen Szafrajda · CC BY 4.0

Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor), photo 8 — Photo: Corey Farwell · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The black guan is 62 to 69 cm (2.03 to 2.26 ft) long and weighs about 1,135 g (2.502 lb). Adults have all black plumage with contrasting bright blue facial skin around a red eye. Their legs and feet are pinkish-red. Juveniles are similar but less glossy and their underparts browner and their facial skin is blackish or dark brown.

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When to see the Black Guan

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black Guan

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Costa Rica Panama

About the Black Guan

The black guan is a species of bird in the chachalaca, guan, and curassow family Cracidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.

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Easily confused with

Sickle-winged GuanChamaepetes goudotiiThe sickle-winged guan is 50 to 65 cm (1.64 to 2.13 ft) long and weighs 550 to 800 g (1.21 to 1.76 lb).

Side by side: Black Guan vs Sickle-winged Guan

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