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Taxonomic Reference List
The Family Cracidae: Order Galliformes, Suborder: Craci

Species Subspecies Description Range

Ortalis (Merrem 1786) : 12 species

Plain Chachalaca
Ortalis vetula vetula Wagler 1830 Mx, Gu, Hn, Ni, CR
  deschauenseei Bond 1936 Utila Island, Hn
  mccalli Baird 1858 US, Mx
  pallidiventris Ridgway 1887 Mx (Yucatan), Be
  intermedia Peters 1913 Mx (Quintana Roo)

Chestnut-winged Chachalaca
O. garrula garrula Humboldt 1805 Co (N)

Grey-headed Chachalaca
O. cinereiceps1   Gray 1867 Hn, Ni, CR, Pa, Co (NW)

West-Mexican Chachalaca
O. poliocephala poliocephala Wagler 1830 Mx (S)
  lajuelae Moore & Medina 1957 Mx (C)

Wagler's Chachalaca
O. wagleri   Gray 1867 Mx (NC)

White-bellied Chachalaca
O. leucogastra   Gould 1843 Mx, Gu, ES, Ni

Rufous-vented Chachalaca
O. ruficauda2 ruficauda Jardine 1847 Ve (N), Co (E), To
  ruficrissa Sclater & Salvin 1870 Ve (NW), Co (NE)

Rufous-headed Chachalaca
O. erythroptera   Sclater & Salvin 1870 Ec (W), Pe (NW), CO (SW?)

Chaco Chachalaca
O. canicollis canicollis Wagler 1830 Bo (E), Py, Ar
  pantanalensis Cherrie & Reichenberger 1921 Br (S), Bo, Py

Speckled Chachalaca
O. guttata guttata Spix 1825 Co, Ec, Pe, Br, Bo (N)
  subaffinis Todd 1932 Bo (E)
  araucuan Spix 1825 Br (NE)
  squamata Lesson 1829 Br (SE)
  columbiana3 Hellmayr 1906 Co (N)

Buff-browed Chachalaca
O. superciliaris superciliaris Gray 1867 Bra (NE)

Little Chachalaca
O. motmot motmot Linnaeus 1766 Ve (SE), Gy, Su, FG, Br
ruficeps Wagler 1830 Br (E)

Penelope (Merrem 1786) : 15 species

Crested Guan
Penelope purpurascens purpurascens Wagler 1830 Mx, Gu, Be, Hn, EL, Ni (N)
  aequatorialis Salvadori & Festa 1900 Ni (S), CR, Pa, Co, Ec, Ve
  brunnescens Hellmayr & Conover 1932 Co (NE), Ve (NW)

Cauca Guan
P. perspicax   Bangs 1911 Bangs 1911 Co (Cauca Valley)

White-winged Guan
P. albipennis   Taczanowski 1877 Pe (NW)

Baudo Guan
P. ortoni   Salvin 1874 Co (W), Ec (NW)

Marail Guan
P. marail marail Müller 1776 FG, Su, Gy,Ve
  jacupeba Spix 1825 Ve (SE), Br (N)

Spix's Guan
P. jacquacu jacquacu Spix 1825 Co, Ec, Pe, Bo, Br
  orienticola Todd 1932 Co, Br, Ve, Gy
  granti Berlepsch 1908 Gy, Ve (SE)
  speciosa Todd 1915 Bo (C, E)

Chestnut-bellied Guan
P. ochrogaster   Pelzeln 1869 Br (C)

White-crested Guan
P. pileata   Wagler 1830 Br

Red-faced Guan
P. dabbenei   Hellmayr & Conover 1942 Bo (S), Ar (NW)

White-browed Guan
P. jacucaca   Spix 1825 Br (NE)

Rusty-margined Guan
P. superciliaris superciliaris Temminck 1815 Br (N)
  jacupemba Spix 1825 Br, Bo
  major Bertoni 1901 Py, Ar, Br (S)

Dusky-legged Guan
P. obscura obscura Temminck 1815 Br, Ur, Ar, Py
  bridgesi Gray 1860 Bo, Ar (NW)
  bronzina Hellmayr 1914 Br (SE)

Band-tailed Guan
P. argyrotis argyrotis Bonaparte 1856 Co, Ve
  albicauda Phelps & Gilliard 1940 Ve (Perija)
  colombiana Todd 1912 Co (Santa Marta)

Bearded Guan
P. barbata4   Chapman 1921 Ec (S), Pe (NW)

Andean Guan
P. montagnii montagnii Bonaparte 1856 Ve, Co (E)
  atrogularis Hellmayr & Conover 1932 Co (SW), Ec (W)
  brooki Chubb 1917 Co (SE), Ec (E)
  plumosa Berlepsch & Stolzmann 1902 Pe (E)
  sclateri Gray 1860 PER (s), BOL

Pipile (Bonaparte 1856) : 4 species

Trinidad Piping Guan
Pipile pipile   Jacquin 1784 Tr

Blue-throated Piping Guan
P. cumanensis cumanensis Jacquin 1784 FG, Su, Br (N), Ve, Gy, Co (SE), Ec, Pe, Bo (N)
  grayi Pelzeln 1869 Bo (NC), Py (NE), Br (SW)

Red-throated Piping Guan
P. cujubi5 cujubi Pelzeln 1858 Br (NE)
  nattereri Reichenbach 1862 Br (N), Bo (E)

Black-fronted Piping Guan
P. jacutinga   Spix 1825 Br (E), Py (E), Ar (NE)

Aburria (Reichenbach 1852) : 1 species

Wattled Guan
Aburria aburri   Lesson 1828 Ve (NW), Co, Ec (E), Pe (E)

Chamaepetes (Wagler 1832) : 2 species

Sickle-winged Guan
Chamaepetes goudotii goudotii Lesson 1828 Co
  sanctaemarthae Chapman 1912 Co (Santa Marta)
  fagani Chubb 1917 Co, Ec
  tschudii Taczanowski 1886 Co, Ec, Pe
  rufiventris Tschudi 1843 Pe, Bo

Black Guan
C. unicolor   Salvin 1867 CR, Pa

Penelopina (Reichenbach 1862) : 1 species

Highland Guan
Penelopina nigra   Fraser 1852 Mx (S), Gu, ES, Hn, Ni

Oreophasis (G.R. Gray 1844) : 1 species

Horned Guan
Oreophasis derbianus   Gray 1844 Mx (S), Gu (W)

Nothocrax (Burmeister 1856) : 1 species

Nocturnal Curassow

Nothocrax urumutum   Spix 1825 Ve (SW), Co (E), Ec (E), Pe (NW), Br (W)


Mitu (Lesson 1831) : 4 species

Alagoas Curassow
Mitu mitu6   Linnaeus 1766 Br (E)

Razor-billed Curassow
M. tuberosa   Spix 1825 Br (W,C), Co (SE), Pe (E), Bo (N)

Salvin's Curassow
M. salvini   Reinhardt 1879 Co (SE), Ec (E), Pe (NE)

Crestless Curassow
M. tomentosa   Spix 1825 Gy, Ve (S), Br (NW), Co (E)

Pauxi (Temminck 1813) : 2 species

Helmeted Curassow
Pauxi pauxi pauxi Linnaeus 1766 Ve (W), Co (E)
  gilliardi Wetmore & Phelps 1943 Ve (NW), Co (NE)

Horned Curassow
P. unicornis unicornis Bond & de Schauensee 1939 Bo
  koepckeae Weske & Terborgh 1971 Pe (SE)

Crax (Linnaeus 1758) : 7 species

Great Curassow
Crax rubra rubra Linnaeus 1758 CA (Mx - Pa), Co (W), Ec (W)
  griscomi Nelson 1926 Mx (Cozumel Island)

Blue-billed Curassow
C. alberti   Fraser 1850 Co (N)

Black Curassow
C. alector alector Linnaeus 1766 FG, Su, Gy, Br (N), Ve (SE)
  erythrognatha   Ve (SE), Co (E), Br (N)

Yellow-knobbed Curassow
C. daubentoni   Gray 1869 Ve (N), Co (NE)

Bare-faced Curassow
C. fasciolata fasciolata Spix 1825 Br, Py, Ar
  grayi Ogilvie-Grant 1893 Bo (E)
  pinima Pelzeln 1869 Br (NE)

Wattled Curassow
C. globulosa   Spix 1825 Br (W), Bo (N), Pe (E), Ec (E), Co (SE)

Red-billed Curassow
C. blumenbachii   Spix 1825 Br (E)


Country Key:
Ar = Argentina
Be = Belize
Bo = Bolivia
Br = Brazil
CE = Central America
Co = Colombia,		 CR = Costa Rica
Ec = Ecuador
ES = El Salvador
FG = French Guiana
Gu = Guatemala
Gy = Guyana		 Hn = Honduras
Mx = Mexico
Ni = Nicaragua
Pa = Panama
Pe = Peru
Py = Paraguay		 Su = Suriname
To = Tobago
Tr = Trinidad
Ur = Uruguay
US = United States
Ve = Venezuela

Direction Key:
C = Central E = east N = north S = south W = west

1 considered a subspecies of garrula by Blake.
2 lamprophonia (Wetmore) may be a third subspecies in extreme NE Colombia.
3 columbiana is considered a separate species by some (i.e., Hernandez and Rodriguez in press)
4 considered as subsp. of argyrotis by Blake.
5 Sick, and Delacour and Amadon regards both cujubi subspecies as cumanensis subspecies.
6 following Linnaeus, Salvin, Peters 1934, Pinto 1952.