Guans, Chachalacas and Allies
Order: Galliformes. Family: Cracidae
The Cracidae are large birds, similar in general appearance to turkeys. The guans and curassows live in trees, but the smaller chachalacas are found in more open scrubby habitats. They are generally dull-plumaged, but the curassows and some guans have colourful facial ornaments. There are 15 species which have been recorded in Ecuador.
- Rufous-headed Chachalaca Ortalis erythroptera
- Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata
- Bearded Guan Penelope barbata
- Baudo Guan Penelope ortoni
- Andean Guan Penelope montagnii
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- White-winged Guan Penelope albipennis
- Spix's Guan Penelope jacquacu
- Blue-throated Piping-Guan Pipile cumanensis
- Wattled Guan Aburria aburri
- Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii
- Nocturnal Curassow Nothocrax urumutum
- Salvin's Curassow Mitu salvini
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Wattled Curassow Crax globulosa
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Ecuador
Famous quotes containing the word allies:
“... liberal intellectuals ... tend to have a classical theory of politics, in which the state has a monopoly of power; hoping that those in positions of authority may prove to be enlightened men, wielding power justly, they are natural, if cautious, allies of the “establishment.””
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)