page_title: List of birds of Peru
section_title: Guans
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Peru / Guans
caption_attribution_description: Blue-throated Piping Guan Pipile cumanensis (syn. Aburria cumanensis) in Denver Zoo. Was considered a subspecies of Pipile pipile in the past.
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Peru. The avifauna of Peru has 1823 confirmed species, of which 109 are endemic, three have been introduced by humans, and 54 are rare or vagrants. An additional 49 species are hypothetical.
  Except as an entry is cited otherwise, the list of species is that of the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society. The list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature are also those of the SACC.
  The following tags have been used to highlight certain categories of occurrence.
  (V) Vagrant - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Peru
  Endemic - a species endemic to Peru
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Peru as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  Hypothetical - a species recorded but with "no tangible evidence" according to the SACC
context_section_description: 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 colorful facial ornaments. Sixteen species have been recorded in Peru.
  Sickle-winged guan, Chamaepetes goudotii
  Bearded guan, Penelope barbata
  Andean guan, Penelope montagnii
  Spix's guan, Penelope jacquacu
  Crested guan, Penelope purpurascens
  White-winged guan, Penelope albipennis (E)
  Blue-throated piping-guan, Pipile cumanensis
  Wattled guan, Aburria aburri
  Rufous-headed chachalaca, Ortalis erythroptera
  Speckled chachalaca, Ortalis guttata
  Nocturnal curassow, Nothocrax urumutum
  Wattled curassow, Crax globulosa
  Salvin's curassow, Mitu salvini
  Razor-billed curassow, Mitu tuberosum
  Sira curassow, Pauxi koepckeae (E)
caption: Blue-throated piping-guan
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