Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows

The chachalacas, guans, and curassows are birds in the family Cracidae. These are species of tropical and subtropical Central and South America. The range of one species, the plain chachalaca, just reaches southernmost parts of Texas in the United States.

Species in this family

• Wattled Guan Aburria aburri
• Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii
• Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor
• Blue-billed Curassow Crax alberti
• Black Curassow Crax alector
• Red-billed Curassow Crax blumenbachii
• Yellow-knobbed Curassow Crax daubentoni
• Bare-faced Curassow Crax fasciolata
• Wattled Curassow Crax globulosa
• Great Curassow Crax rubra
• Salvin's Curassow Mitu salvini
• Crestless Curassow Mitu tomentosum
• Razor-billed Curassow Mitu tuberosum
• Nocturnal Curassow Nothocrax urumutum
• Horned Guan Oreophasis derbianus
• East Brazilian Chachalaca Ortalis araucuan
• Chaco Chachalaca Ortalis canicollis
• Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
• Colombian Chachalaca Ortalis columbiana
• Rufous-headed Chachalaca Ortalis erythroptera
• Chestnut-winged Chachalaca Ortalis garrula
• Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata
• White-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis leucogastra
• Variable Chachalaca Ortalis motmot
• West Mexican Chachalaca Ortalis poliocephala
• Rufous-vented Chachalaca Ortalis ruficauda
• Chestnut-headed Chachalaca Ortalis ruficeps
• Scaled Chachalaca Ortalis squamata
• Buff-browed Chachalaca Ortalis superciliaris
• Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
• Rufous-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis wagleri
• Sira Curassow Pauxi koepckeae
• Helmeted Curassow Pauxi pauxi
• Horned Curassow Pauxi unicornis
• White-winged Guan Penelope albipennis
• Band-tailed Guan Penelope argyrotis
• Bearded Guan Penelope barbata
• Yungas Guan Penelope bridgesi
• Red-faced Guan Penelope dabbenei
• Spix's Guan Penelope jacquacu
• White-browed Guan Penelope jacucaca
• Marail Guan Penelope marail
• Andean Guan Penelope montagnii
• Dusky-legged Guan Penelope obscura
• Chestnut-bellied Guan Penelope ochrogaster
• Baudo Guan Penelope ortoni
• Cauca Guan Penelope perspicax
• White-crested Guan Penelope pileata
• Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
• Rusty-margined Guan Penelope superciliaris
• Highland Guan Penelopina nigra
• Red-throated Piping-Guan Pipile cujubi
• Blue-throated Piping-Guan Pipile cumanensis
• White-throated Piping-Guan Pipile grayi
• Black-fronted Piping-Guan Pipile jacutinga
• Trinidad Piping-Guan Pipile pipile

Lookalikes compared

• Andean Guan vs Crested Guan
• Baudo Guan vs Andean Guan
• Cauca Guan vs Dusky-legged Guan
• Chaco Chachalaca vs Rusty-margined Guan
• Crested Guan vs Black Guan
• Crested Guan vs Great Curassow
• Dusky-legged Guan vs Bare-faced Curassow
• Dusky-legged Guan vs Yungas Guan
• Grey-headed Chachalaca vs Black Guan
• Plain Chachalaca vs Grey-headed Chachalaca
• Plain Chachalaca vs Highland Guan
• Plain Chachalaca vs West Mexican Chachalaca
• Razor-billed Curassow vs Helmeted Curassow
• Speckled Chachalaca vs Variable Chachalaca
• Spix's Guan vs Dusky-legged Guan