Crested guan diet
2013. Schulenberg, Editor). The female lays two or three large rough-shelled white eggs and incubates them alone. Crested Guan ( Penelope purpurascens ), Neotropical Birds Online (T. A crested guan in the wild on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. It is a social bird, often seen in pairs or small family groups. In protected areas where hunting is not allowed, the species can be quite approachable and even tame, but throughout much of its range Crested Guan is heavily hunted. Loud honking and yelping cries, or a crashing sound in the subcanopy, often is the first indication of the presence of the large arboreal Crested Guan. Version 2013. Stiles and Skutch, A guide to the birds of Costa Rica ISBN 0-8014-9600-4. Schulenberg. P. 2. The northernmost member of the genus Penelope, Crested Guan ranges from Mexico to south to western Ecuador and to northern Venezuela. The substantial twig nest is built in a tree or stump and lined with leaves.
Several other species of guans appear very similar and are best separated by range and vocalizations. It feeds in trees, mainly on fruit, and builds a nest of twigs on a branch. The crested guan is an arboreal forest species. p. p. The crested guan ( Penelope purpurascens ) is a member of an ancient group of birds of the Cracidae family, which are related to the Australasian mound builders. It walks along branches seeking the fruit and foliage on which it feeds, or flies off with a heavy ani-like flap and glide. The head sports a bushy crest, from which the species gets its name, blue-grey bare skin around the eye, and a bare red dewlap or wattle. It is mainly dark brown, with white spotting on the neck and breast. International Union for Conservation of Nature. aequatorialis ( Salvadori and Festa, 1900). The sexes are similar, but young birds have black vermiculations and ochre specks on the body plumage. P. The two or three white eggs are incubated by the female. S. brunnescens ( Hellmayr and Conover, 1932).
