Black Guan
Chamaepetes unicolorSalvin, O, 1867
English (US) Black Guan
The Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cracidae (Guans, Curassows, and Chachalacas) in the order Galliformes.
Range: montane forest of Costa Rica and western PanamaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chamaepetes unicolor
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black Guan
- Described by
- Salvin, O, 1867
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Salvin, O, 1867
- Type locality
- Veragua.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867, pt.1 p.159
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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