Chachalacas, Guans and Curassows (Cracidae)

Sickle-winged Guan (Chamaepetes goudotii) - HBW 2, p. 354

French: Pénélope de Goudot German: Sichelguan Spanish: Pava Falcialar
Other common names: Goudot's/Rufous Sickle-winged Guan

Taxonomy: Ortalida Goudotii Lesson, 1828, Quindiú = Quindio region, Central Andes, Colombia.
Forms superspecies with C. unicolor. Five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • goudotii (Lesson, 1828) - Andes of C & W Colombia.
  • sanctaemarthae Chapman, 1912 - Santa Marta Mts, N Colombia.
  • fagani Chubb, 1917 - W slope of Andes in SW Colombia and Ecuador.

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  • goudotii (Lesson, 1828) - Andes of C & W Colombia.
  • sanctaemarthae Chapman, 1912 - Santa Marta Mts, N Colombia.
  • fagani Chubb, 1917 - W slope of Andes in SW Colombia and Ecuador.
  • tschudii Taczanowski, 1886 - E slope of Andes in S Colombia, Ecuador and N Peru.
  • rufiventris (Tschudi, 1843) - E slope of Andes in C Peru.