Horned guan

The only member in monotypic genus Oreophasis, the Horned Guan is distributed in humid mountain forests of southeast Mexico- and Guatemala of Central America. It is found in altitude up to 3,350 metres. Its diet consists mainly of fruits, green leaves and invertebrates. The female usually lays up to two eggs.

The Horned guan is classified as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Horned Guan, Oreophasis derbianus is a large, approximately 85cm long, turkey-like bird with glossed black upperparts plumage, red legs, white iris, yellow bill and a red horn on top of head. The breast and upper belly are white, and its long tail feathers are black with white band near base. Both sexes are similar. The young is duller with smaller horn, and has brown tail and wings. More

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The horned guan is found in Guatemala and Chiapas (the most southern province of Mexico). HABITAT Found in montane forest above 4,900 ft (1,500 m) in northern Central America. BEHAVIOR When disturbed, horned guans give off a throaty (guttural) shriek, which, in its suddenness and intensity, has the effect of a loud explosion. Then they threaten the intruder from a high perch by clattering their yellow beaks like castanets. More

HORNED GUAN Oreophasis derbianus EL TRIUNFO Chiapas, Mexicoa photo discussion by Don Roberson creagrus@montereybay.com This fabulous Al Gilbert painting of Horned Guan, published in Delacour & Amadon (1973), is my favorite piece of bird art and is the most influential bird painting in my life. This Internet scan does not do justice to the published painting's detail, but look at the moss-covered limb, the red epiphytes, the unbroken pristine forest stretching out to the clouds beyond... More

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The Horned Guan is a large turkey-like bird with black-and-white plumage, red legs, yellow bill and a red horn on the top of its head. It lives in humid mountain forests of southeast Mexico and Guatamala and can be found at altitudes of up to 11,000 feet. The Horned Guan has been evaluated as en endangered species on the IUCN Red List of threatened species due to its small population size and habitat loss. More

The endangered Horned Guan is a target bird for many birdwatchers traveling within their range. This is our totally cute Birdorable Horned Guan. Birdorable Horned Guan Sigg Water Bottle 0.6LBirdorable Horned Guan Sigg Water Bottle 0.6L £21.00 Birdorable Horned Guan Organic Women's T-Shirt (daBirdorable Horned Guan Organic Women's T-Shirt (da £25.00 Birdorable Horned Guan Organic Women's T-ShirtBirdorable Horned Guan Organic Women's T-Shirt £23. More

Horned guan (Oreophasis derbianus) = - Spanish: Guan Cornudo, Paují Cornudo, Pava Pajuil, Pavón, Pavón Cornudo Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Galliformes Family Cracidae Genus Oreophasis (1) Size More

The Horned Guan is one of the world’s truly bizarre birds. It’s lineage is ancient, it’s connection to the rest of the Cracids, Guans and Curassows that share its family, tenuous. More

poet, and indeed the horned guan, an exotic denizen of Central American mountains, is so rarely seen as to seem almost fabulous. A saga of a quest for a bird whose mating call is like a "moo" Decrease font Decrease fontEnlarge font Enlarge font February 13, 1978 Bird Thou Never Wert = So sang the poet, and indeed the horned guan, an exotic denizen of Central American mountains, is so rarely seen as to seem almost fabulous. More

sweet Spanish accent, “Jen, Sharon, come on, the horned guan is right up here.” We fell for it once and scrambled up, but realized she was really a cloud forest sprite beckoning us forward. It worked. At every switchback we would pause to try and get some order to our respiratory system, Ana Christina would be another switchback ahead of us calling, “C’mon Jen. C’mon Sharon, horned guan is waiting for you.” Our group did flush an owl on our way up. More

Horned Guans : “turkey-sized creatures with white sewn-on eyes and ludicrous senses of dignity” 2 Pat O'Donnell October 22nd, 2009 at 2:47 pm Cool photos of that wonderful, strange bird and congrats on seeing it. A friend of mine just came back from Guatemala and was telling me about doing the same hike. I so need to get up there and see that red-horned mega (and other birds from the Guatemalan highlands). More

Conservation Of The Horned Guan (Oreophasis Derbianus G. R. Gray 1844) And Its Habitat = Contacts: Estuardo Secaira, The Nature Conservancy-Guatemala and Juan Cornejo, Africam Safari-México Date & Time: Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 08:00-17:00 hrs Location: Hotel Galería Plaza, Salón A. More

The group actually saw Horned Guans on four occasions during the three and a half days we actually spent at El Triunfo, before hiking down the Pacific slope. Though none of us were able to photograph one, Highland Guans were very numerous here as well, and their loud displays were a neat thing to wake up to! These images are sized for higher resolutions, and will look best at something like 1280 x 1024 resolution on your monitor. More

horned guans is shown at the main entrance of the Bird House at the St. Louis Zoo. The Zoo is home to the only two guans found in the United States. (St. Louis Zoo)By Jeffrey BonnerST. LOUIS ZOO07/06/2008 A turkey with a party hat. That has to be the best description I've ever heard of one of the rarest birds in the world, the horned guan. Fewer than 1,000 horned guans remain in the wild in the cloud forests of Mexico and Guatemala. More

close relatives, the Horned Guan has puzzled ornithologists since their discovery in 1844. On Christmas day last year, a small group of us made the pilgrimage to climb a Guatemalan volcano, departing in the pitch black well before dawn so as to be at elevation by early morning. The trail was narrow and muddy and, above all, steep. The reward was the lure of seeing this bizarre, little known, seldom seen creature in their natural habitat. More

horned guan (Oreophasis derbianus). The long treks on the trails are also a good chance to watch other local flora and fauna species. This is an ongoing project carried by a research team formed by experienced park rangers and scientific researches whom use diverse techniques such as traps cameras, analysis of tracks and food, animal behavior and geographical reference systems. More

The endangered Horned Guan is being found at more and more locations in Guatemala, as birders and ornithologists start to penetrate once-remote mountains and volcanos - we saw this subadult (based upon the size of its horn?) on a day-hike up to the Reserve on Volcan San Pedro on the shores of Lake Atitlan. More

Horned Guan in Cloud Forest - Painting - Nature Art by Daniel Davis = Home of Daniel DavisBiography of Daniel DavisArtwork by Daniel DavisCreative Process of Daniel DavisGuesbook of Daniel DavisMailing List for Daniel Davis nature artSend an eCard Daniel DavisDaniel Joseph Davis AFC (WNAG) Daniel Davis Watercolors of neotropical wildlife, particularly birdsDaniel Davis More

The endangered Horned Guan is a target bird for many birdwatchers traveling within their range. This is our totally cute Birdorable Horned Guan. More