Horned Guan
Oreophasis derbianusGray, GR, 1844
English (US) Horned Guan
The Horned Guan (Oreophasis derbianus) 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: humid forest of southern Mexico (Chiapas) and GuatemalaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Oreophasis derbianus
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Horned Guan
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1844
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Oreophasis Derbianus
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1844
- Type locality
- Guatemala.
- Original description
- The genera of birds: comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera 3 p.485 pl.121
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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