#aburria

Well, alright, guan then...

Wattled Guan (Aburria aburri), family Cracidae, order Galliformes, Colombia

By Ron Knight, CC BY 2.0 

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Name: Aburria aburri

Status: Extant

First Described: 1853

Described By: Reichenbach 

Classification: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Averostra, Tetanurae, Orionides, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Pennaraptora, Paraves, Eumaniraptora, Averaptora, Avialae, Euavialae, Avebrevicauda, Pygostylia, Ornithothoraces, Euornithes, Ornithuromorpha, Ornithurae, Neornithes, Neognathae, Galloanserae, Pangalliformes, Galliformes, Cracidae, Penelopinae

Aburria, the Wattled Guan, is a Cracid from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Living primarily in tropical lowland forest, as well as some mountain habitats, it is quite shy and thus rarely observed in nature, except when perching on the outer edges of the canopy. Threatened by the destruction of its native mountain and lowland tropical forests, it is currently considered near-threatened. It has a long red and yellow wattle on its throat, and a long tail that makes it about 75 centimeters in length. In general, its feathers are black in color. 

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