Sickle-winged Guan (Chamaepetes goudotii) | Photos, Calls and ID

LCLeast ConcernFruit

ForestPlatform nestLarge · 728 g

Sickle-winged Guan (Chamaepetes goudotii), photo 4 — Photo: Peter Archdale · CC BY 4.0

Sickle-winged Guan (Chamaepetes goudotii), photo 5 — Photo: russnamitz · CC0

Sickle-winged Guan (Chamaepetes goudotii), photo 6 — Photo: russnamitz · CC0

Sickle-winged Guan (Chamaepetes goudotii), photo 7 — Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0

Sickle-winged Guan (Chamaepetes goudotii), photo 8 — Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0

What the Sickle-winged Guan sounds like

Sonogram of the Sickle-winged Guan: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Wing rattle · Pichincha: Tandayapa ridge 3 km SSW Tandayapa, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The 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). The subspecies differ in size; C. g. tschudii and C. g. rufiventris are the largest. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a brown head and neck, dark upperparts, bright chestnut belly, pale blue facial skin, and red eyes. Juveniles are similar but duller. C. g. sanctaemarthae's upper breast, throat, and cheeks are redder than the nominate's and its vent area a darker red. C. g.

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When to see the Sickle-winged Guan

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Sickle-winged Guan

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Ecuador Peru Bolivia

About the Sickle-winged Guan

The sickle-winged guan is a species of bird in the chachalaca, guan, and curassow family Cracidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

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Easily confused with

Black GuanChamaepetes unicolorThe black guan is 62 to 69 cm (2.03 to 2.26 ft) long and weighs about 1,135 g (2.502 lb).

Side by side: Black Guan vs Sickle-winged Guan

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