Wattled Guan (Aburria aburri)

Wattled Guan, a reference photo — Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

The wattled guan (Aburria aburri) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. It is a fairly large black cracid with blue-based, black-tipped beak and a long, red-and-yellow wattle.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Wattled Guan being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Chamaepetes unicolor
Cephalopterus penduliger
Penelopina nigra
Crax alberti
Mitu salvini

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
Genus: Aburria
Species: Aburria aburri

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