Guans, Curassows, and Chachalacas
Cracidae
The family Cracidae (Guans, Curassows, and Chachalacas) belongs to the order Galliformes and comprises 57 species in the AviList v2025 checklist, of which 19 globally threatened (IUCN categories VU, EN and CR).
- Order
- Galliformes
- Species
- 57
- Threatened species
- 19
All species of the family Cracidae
In AviList checklist order. Click a species to find guides and destinations.
Highland Guan
Penelopina nigra
Black Guan
Chamaepetes unicolor
Sickle-winged Guan
Chamaepetes goudotii
Wattled Guan
Aburria aburri
Trinidad Piping Guan
Pipile pipile
Blue-throated Piping Guan
Pipile cumanensis
White-throated Piping Guan
Pipile grayi
Red-throated Piping Guan
Pipile cujubi
Black-fronted Piping Guan
Pipile jacutinga
Band-tailed Guan
Penelope argyrotis
Bearded Guan
Penelope barbata
Baudo Guan
Penelope ortoni
Andean Guan
Penelope montagnii
Marail Guan
Penelope marail
Rusty-margined Guan
Penelope superciliaris
Red-faced Guan
Penelope dabbenei
Spix's Guan
Penelope jacquacu
Crested Guan
Penelope purpurascens
Cauca Guan
Penelope perspicax
White-winged Guan
Penelope albipennis
Dusky-legged Guan
Penelope obscura
Yungas Guan
Penelope bridgesi
White-crested Guan
Penelope pileata
Chestnut-bellied Guan
Penelope ochrogaster
White-browed Guan
Penelope jacucaca
Horned Guan
Oreophasis derbianus
Great Curassow
Crax rubra
Blue-billed Curassow
Crax alberti
Yellow-knobbed Curassow
Crax daubentoni
Black Curassow
Crax alector
Wattled Curassow
Crax globulosa
Bare-faced Curassow
Crax fasciolata
Red-billed Curassow
Crax blumenbachii
Helmeted Curassow
Pauxi pauxi
Sira Curassow
Pauxi koepckeae
Horned Curassow
Pauxi unicornis
Nocturnal Curassow
Nothocrax urumutum
Crestless Curassow
Mitu tomentosum
Salvin's Curassow
Mitu salvini
Razor-billed Curassow
Mitu tuberosum
Alagoas Curassow
Mitu mitu
Plain Chachalaca
Ortalis vetula
Grey-headed Chachalaca
Ortalis cinereiceps
Chestnut-winged Chachalaca
Ortalis garrula
Rufous-vented Chachalaca
Ortalis ruficauda
Rufous-headed Chachalaca
Ortalis erythroptera
Rufous-bellied Chachalaca
Ortalis wagleri
West Mexican Chachalaca
Ortalis poliocephala
Chaco Chachalaca
Ortalis canicollis
White-bellied Chachalaca
Ortalis leucogastra
Colombian Chachalaca
Ortalis columbiana
Speckled Chachalaca
Ortalis guttata
East Brazilian Chachalaca
Ortalis araucuan
Scaled Chachalaca
Ortalis squamata
Little Chachalaca
Ortalis motmot
Chestnut-headed Chachalaca
Ortalis ruficeps
Buff-browed Chachalaca
Ortalis superciliaris
Other families of the order Galliformes
- 21 species
Megapodes
Megapodiidae
- 8 species
Guineafowl
Numididae
- 34 species
New World Quail
Odontophoridae
- 187 species
Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
Phasianidae
Taxonomy, sequence and conservation status: AviList Core Team (2025), AviList: The Global Avian Checklist v2025, CC BY 4.0. Vernacular names: IOC World Bird List.