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CRACIDAE - Guans and Curassows1 (11:54) CHAMAEPETES Wagler, 1832 M - Ortalida goudotii Lesson, 1828; type by monotypy
Chamaepetes unicolor Salvin, 1867 Black Guan
iMountains of Costa Rica and Panama
Chamaepetes goudotii2 Sickle-winged Guan sanctaemarthae Chapman, 1912 iSanta Marta Mts. (N Colombia)
goudotii (Lesson, 1828) iAndes of Colombia (Antioquia and Cundinamarca to Cauca)
fagani C. Chubb, 1917 iW slope of W Andes in S Colombia (Nariño) and NW Ecuador
tschudii Taczanowski, 1886 iE slope of E Andes from S Colombia (Nariño) to N Peru (La Libertad, San Martín)
rufiventris (von Tschudi, 1843) vE slope of Andes from C Peru (Huánuco) to N Bolivia (La Paz)
PENELOPINA Reichenbach, 1862 F - Penelope niger Fraser, 1852; type by monotypy
Penelopina nigra 3 (Fraser, 1852) Highland Guan vMountains of S Mexico (SE Oaxaca and Chiapas) to W Nicaragua
PENELOPE Merrem, 1786 F - Penelope marail Gmelin, 1788; type by subsequent designation (Lesson, 1828, Manuel d'Ornithologie, 2, p. 214). = Phasianus marail Statius Muller, 1776
Penelope argyrotis4 Band-tailed Guan colombiana Todd, 1912 vSanta Marta Mts. (N Colombia)
albicauda W.H. Phelps, Sr. & Gilliard, 19405 Sierra de Perijá (Colombian-Venezuelan border) [Phelps, 1940 #3025] argyrotis (Bonaparte, 1856)6 vAndes of NE Colombia and SW Venezuela; Coastal Range of Venezuela Penelope barbata 7 Chapman, 1921 Bearded Guan vW slope of Andes in S Ecuador and NW Peru
Penelope ortoni 8 Salvin, 1874 Baudo Guan iW Colombia, W Ecuador
Penelope montagnii Andean Guan
montagnii (Bonaparte, 1856) iSierra de Perijá; Andes of W Venezuela, E and C Andes of Colombia
atrogularis Hellmayr & Conover, 1932 vW slope of Andes in S Colombia (Nariño) and Ecuador
brooki C. Chubb, 1917 iE slope of Andes in S Colombia (Nariño) and Ecuador
plumosa von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1902 vE slope of Andes in Peru
sclateri G.R. Gray, 1860 iE slope of Andes in Bolivia
Penelope marail9 Marail Guan marail (Statius Muller, 1776)10 iE Venezuela (south of R. Orinoco) and the Guianas jacupeba von Spix, 182511 iN Brazil (north of R. Amazon, east of R. Branco) Penelope superciliaris12 Rusty-margined Guan superciliaris Temminck, 181513 vNC Brazil south of R. Amazon (R. Madeira east to R. Araguaia and south to Rondônia and S Pará) jacupemba von Spix, 182514 iE and C Brazil (Maranhão east to Pernambuco and south to Paraná) and E Bolivia (Santa Cruz) alagoensis Nardelli, 199315 vNE Brazil (Alagoas) [Nardelli, 1993 #2749] major W. Bertoni, 1901 vSE Brazil (Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), E Paraguay, NE Argentina (Misiones)
Penelope dabbenei 16 Hellmayr & Conover, 1942 Red-faced Guan iE slope of Andes from S Bolivia (Chuquisaca) to NW Argentina (Salta) [Hellmayr, 1942 #1946]
Penelope purpurascens Crested Guan
purpurascens Wagler, 1830 iNE and NW Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua
aequatorialis Salvadori & Festa, 1900 vS Honduras to N Colombia, and south to NW Peru
brunnescens Hellmayr & Conover, 1932 iNE Colombia and N Venezuela
Penelope perspicax 17 Bangs, 1911 Cauca Guan iW and C Andes of Colombia
Penelope albipennis 18 Taczanowski, 1878 White-winged Guan vNW Peru (Piura, Lambayeque, Cajamarca)
Penelope jacquacu19 Spix's Guan 1 granti von Berlepsch, 190820 iE Venezuela (south of R. Orinoco) and Guyana 1 orienticola Todd, 1932 iS Venezuela (Amazonas) and NW Brazil (north of R. Amazon in Amazonas and Roraima)
2 jacquacu von Spix, 1825 iAmazonia south of R. Amazon (east to R. Tapajós and south to NE Bolivia)
2 speciosa Todd, 1915 vE Bolivia
Penelope obscura21 Dusky-legged Guan bridgesi G.R. Gray, 1860 iAndean foothills of C Bolivia (Cochabamba) to NW Argentina (Catamarca and Tucumán)
bronzina Hellmayr, 1914 vSE Brazil (Espírito Santo to Santa Catarina)
obscura Temminck, 1815 vS Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), E Paraguay, Uruguay, NE Argentina
Penelope pileata Wagler, 1830 White-crested Guan
vE Amazonian Brazil (south of R. Amazon, R. Madeira to R. Tapajós)
Penelope ochrogaster von Pelzeln, 1870 Chestnut-bellied Guan
iSC Brazil (S Mato Grosso to W Minas Gerais)
Penelope jacucaca 22 von Spix, 1825 White-browed Guan iE Brazil (Ceará and W Paraíba to S Bahia)
ABURRIA Reichenbach, 1853 F - Penelope carunculata Reichenbach, 1853; type by monotypy and virtual tautonymy = Penelope aburri Lesson, 1828
Aburria aburri (Lesson, 1828) Wattled Guan
iSierra de Perijá; Andes from W Venezuela to SC Peru (Cuzco)
PIPILE Bonaparte, 1856 M - Penelope leucolophos Merrem, 1786; type by tautonymy = Crax pipile von Jacquin, 1784 23 Pipile pipile 24 (von Jacquin, 1784) Trinidad Piping Guan Trinidad
Pipile cumanensis Blue-throated Piping Guan
cumanensis (von Jacquin, 1784)25 vThe Guianas to E Ecuador, E Peru, NW Brazil grayi (von Pelzeln, 1870)26 iSE Peru, E Bolivia, SW Brazil, NE Paraguay Pipile cujubi27 Red-throated Piping Guan nattereri Reichenbach, 186128,29 αiC Amazonian Brazil (R. Purus east to upper R. Araguaia and south to Mato Grosso) to E Bolivia (NE Santa Cruz) cujubi (von Pelzeln, 1858) iE Amazonian Brazil (lower R. Madeira to N Pará)
Pipile jacutinga (von Spix, 1825) Black-fronted Piping Guan
SE Brazil (S Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul), NE Argentina (Misiones, E Corrientes), SE Paraguay
ORTALIS Merrem, 1786 F - Phasianus motmot Linnaeus, 1766; type by original designation 30 Ortalis vetula Plain Chachalaca
mccalli S.F. Baird, 185831,32 δiS USA (S Texas) and NE Mexico (south to N Veracruz) vetula (Wagler, 1830)33 iE Mexico (S Veracruz, Campeche and S Quintana Roo) to NW Costa Rica pallidiventris Ridgway, 1887 vSE Mexico (N Yucatan Pen.)
deschauenseei J. Bond, 1936 iIsla de Utila (off N Honduras) [Bond, 1936 #421]
Ortalis cinereiceps 34,35 G.R. Gray, 1867 Gray-headed Chachalaca iSE Honduras to NW Colombia (NW Chocó)
Ortalis garrula 36 (von Humboldt, 1805) Chestnut-winged Chachalaca vN Colombia (Antioquia to Magdalena)
Ortalis ruficauda Rufous-vented Chachalaca
ruficrissa P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 187037,38 iNE Colombia (Guajira, NE Cesar) and NW Venezuela (NW Zulia) ruficauda Jardine, 1847 iNE Colombia (Norte de Santander, N Arauca), N and NE Venezuela, Tobago; Bequia and Union (the Grenadines)
Ortalis erythroptera P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1870 Rufous-headed Chachalaca
vW Ecuador and NW Peru (Tumbes and Piura)
Ortalis wagleri 39,40 G.R. Gray, 1867 Rufous-bellied Chachalaca iN and W Mexico (S Sonora to N Jalisco)
Ortalis poliocephala 41,42 (Wagler, 1830) West Mexican Chachalaca vW Mexico (C Jalisco to SW Chiapas)
Ortalis canicollis Chaco Chachalaca
pantanalensis Cherrie & Reichenberger, 192143,44 vSW Brazil (SW Mato Grosso) canicollis (Wagler, 1830) vSE Bolivia, W Paraguay, N Argentina
Ortalis leucogastra 45 (Gould, 1843) White-bellied Chachalaca vPacific slope from S Mexico (S Chiapas) to NW Nicaragua
Ortalis columbiana 46,47 Hellmayr, 1906 Colombian Chachalacaδ vNC Colombia (Magdalena and Cauca valleys)
Ortalis guttata Speckled Chachalaca
guttata (von Spix, 1825)48 vE Colombia, E Ecuador, E Peru, N Bolivia and W Brazil subaffinis Todd, 1932 vNE and E Bolivia and adjacent W Brazil
Ortalis araucuan 49 (von Spix, 1825) East Brazilian Chachalaca E Brazil (Pernambuco to Espírito Santo)
Ortalis squamata 50,51 Lesson, 1829 Scaled Chachalaca vSE Brazil (SE Mato Grosso to Rio Grande do Sul)
Ortalis motmot52 Variable Chachalaca motmot (Linnaeus, 1766) iS Venezuela, the Guianas, NE Brazil (north of R. Amazon)
ruficeps (Wagler, 1830)53 iE Brazil south of R. Amazon (R. Tapajós to R. Araguaia) Ortalis superciliaris 54 G.R. Gray, 1867 Buff-browed Chachalaca vE Brazil (E Pará to Piauí and N Tocantins)
OREOPHASIS G.R. Gray, 1844 M - Oreophasis derbianus G.R. Gray, 1844; type by monotypy
Oreophasis derbianus G.R. Gray, 1844 Horned Guan
vMountains of S Mexico (SE Oaxaca and Chiapas) to C Guatemala
NOTHOCRAX Burmeister, 1856 M - Crax urumutum von Spix, 1825; type by monotypy
Nothocrax urumutum (von Spix, 1825) Nocturnal Curassow
iW Amazonia from S Venezuela to E Ecuador and N Peru
CRAX Linnaeus, 1758 F - Crax rubra Linnaeus, 1758; type by subsequent designation (Ridgway, 1896, A Manual of North American Birds, ed. 2, p. 207). 55 Crax rubra Great Curassow
rubra Linnaeus, 1758 vE Mexico (S Tamaulipas) to W Colombia and W Ecuador
griscomi Nelson, 1926 iIsla de Cozumel (off Yucatan Pen.)
Crax alberti 56 Fraser, 1852 Blue-billed Curassow iN Colombia (Guajira to NE Antioquia and W Boyacá)
Crax daubentoni 57 G.R. Gray, 1867 Yellow-knobbed Curassow iN Venezuela (north of R. Orinoco) and adjacent NE Colombia
Crax alector58 Black Curassow alector Linnaeus, 1766 Extreme E Venezuela, the Guianas, N Brazil (north of R. Amazon)
erythrognatha P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 187759 vE Colombia and Venezuela (south of R. Orinoco) [Sclater, 1877 #14188] Crax fasciolata60 Bare-faced Curassow grayi Ogilvie-Grant, 189361 iE Bolivia (Beni) fasciolata von Spix, 182562 vEC and SW Brazil, Paraguay and N Argentina pinima von Pelzeln, 187063 iNE Brazil (N Maranhão and NE Pará) Crax globulosa von Spix, 1825 Wattled Curassow
vW Amazonia from S Colombia to N Bolivia
Crax blumenbachii von Spix, 1825 Red-billed Curassow
iSE Brazil (SE Bahia to Rio de Janeiro)
MITU Lesson, 1831 N - Ourax mitu Temminck, 1822; type by tautonymy = Crax mitu Linnaeus, 1766 64 Mitu tomentosum (von Spix, 1825) Crestless Curassow
vSE Colombia, NW Brazil, S Venezuela, Guyana
Mitu salvini Reinhardt, 1879 Salvin's Curassow
iW Amazonia from S Colombia to N Peru
Mitu tuberosum 65 (von Spix, 1825) Razor-billed Curassow vAmazonia (south of R. Amazon) [von Spix, 1825 #13768]
Mitu mitu (Linnaeus, 1766) Alagoas Curassow
iNE Brazil (E Pernambuco to N Bahia)66 PAUXI Temminck, 1813 F - Crax pauxi Linnaeus, 1766; type by tautonymy
Pauxi pauxi Helmeted Curassow
gilliardi Wetmore & W.H. Phelps, Sr., 1943 iSierra de Perijá (Colombian-Venezuelan border) [Wetmore, 1943 #4130]
pauxi (Linnaeus, 1766) iAndes of NE Colombia (Norte de Santander to Boyacá) and W Venezuela; Coastal Range of Venezuela
Pauxi koepckeae 67 Weske & Terborgh, 1971 Sira Curassow Mountains of C Peru (Cerros del Sira in Huánuco) [Weske, 1971 #4451]
Pauxi unicornis 68 J. Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1939 Horned Curassow vFoothills of Andes in C Bolivia (Cochabamba) [Bond, 1939 #422]