Horned guan  (Oreophasis derbianus)

Species information

Videos and images

Authentication

Authenticated by BirdLife International Secretariat.
http://www.birdlife.org

Glossary

Dewlap: A fold of loose skin hanging below the throat.
Invertebrates: Animals with no backbone.
Polygynous: In animals, a pattern of mating in which a male has more than one female partner.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (September, 2007)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Erritzoe, J. (1993) The Birds of CITES and How to Identify Them. The Lutterworth Press, Cambridge.
  3. CITES (October, 2002)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. BirdLife International. (2000) Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge.
  5. del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (1994) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
  6. Gonzalez-Garcia, F. (1995) Reproductive Biology and Vocalisations of the Horned Guan Oreophasis derbianus in Mexico. The Condor, 97: 415 - 426.
  7. González-García, F., Romero, J.A.R. and Cóbar Carranza, A.J. (2006) Extinct in the Wild and Critically Endangered - Horned Guan (Oreophasis derbianus). In: Brooks, D.M., Cancino, L. and Pereira, S.L. Eds. Conserving Cracids: the most Threatened Family of Birds in the Americas. Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas.