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Wattled guan

Aburria aburri (R. Lesson, 1828)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The wattled guan (Aburria aburri) is a species in the family Cracidae, order Galliformes. Recorded adults weigh 1.33 kg to 1.49 kg. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Wattled guan (Aburria aburri)
Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the wattled guan

Weight
1.33 kg – 1.49 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the wattled guan live?

Not recorded

What is the wattled guan?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The wattled guan (Aburria aburri) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. It is a fairly large black cracid with blue-based, black-tipped beak and a long, red-and-yellow wattle.

It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The wattled guan is a fairly shy species that is mostly seen when it perches on the outer edge of the canopy from a distance. Like many tropical forest birds, it is heard more often than seen. It is threatened by habitat destruction but the IUCN assessed its conservation status as being "Least Concern" in 2023, though it was previously classified as "Near Threatened" since 2000.

From the Wikipedia article “Wattled guan” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wattled_guan&oldid=1363743706), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

What does the wattled guan sound like?

Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the wattled guan endangered?

The wattled guan is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the wattled guan classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGalliformes
  5. familyCracidae
  6. genusAburria
  7. SpeciesAburria aburri (R. Lesson, 1828)

Synonyms Penelope aburri, Penelope carunculata

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • Wattled piping-guanEnglish
  • Wattled piping-guanEnglish
  • غوان ذو الغدArabic
  • guan camagrocCatalan
  • guan aburriCzech
  • gwân tagellogWelsh
  • LappepenelopehøneDanish
  • LappenguanGerman
  • karunkla penelopoEsperanto
  • Pava aburriaSpanish
  • Pava CarunculadaSpanish
  • sireenhokoEstonian
  • helttasakuFinnish
  • Pénélope aburriFrench
  • plavokljuni guanCroatian
  • lebenyes guánHungarian
  • Guan dal bargiglioItalian
  • ニクダレシャクケイJapanese
  • aburijaLithuanian
  • LelgoeanDutch
  • gulflikhokkoNorwegian
  • grdacz soplowatyPolish
  • jacu-de-barbelaPortuguese
  • guano-carunculadoPortuguese
  • Серёжчатый гуанRussian
  • Серёжчатая абурриRussian
  • morkovec lalôčkovýSlovak
  • Resasti guanSerbian
  • flikguanSwedish
  • Küpeli GuanTurkish
  • абуріUkrainian
  • 肉垂冠雉Chinese
  • 肉垂鳴冠雉Chinese

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Relatives of the wattled guan

Other species in the same family Cracidae.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the wattled guan?

An adult wattled guan weighs 1.33 kg – 1.49 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the wattled guan endangered?

The wattled guan is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the wattled guan?

The wattled guan (Aburria aburri) belongs to the family Cracidae in the order Galliformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Wattled guan (Aburria aburri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/wattled-guan

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BibTeX
@misc{wattled_guan_2026,
  title = {Wattled guan (Aburria aburri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wattled-guan},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}