The crested guan (Penelope purpurascens) is a Near Threatened species in an ancient group of birds of the family Cracidae, which are related to the Australasian megapodes or mound builders (Megapodiidae).

Very large, long-tailed game bird of tropical and subtropical forest. Often seen high in trees or flying through the forest canopy; usually not seen in areas near people except in some protected areas due to hunting pressure. Typically in pairs or small groups and wary.

The crested guan (Penelope purpurascens) is a member of an ancient group of birds of the family Cracidae, which are related to the Australasian megapodes or mound builders (Megapodiidae). It is found in the Neotropics, in lowlands forests ranging from south Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula to western Ecuador and southern Venezuela .

彩冠雉，属于动物界。凤冠雉科动物

2020年3月4日 · Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.cregua1.01. A global alliance of nature organizations working to document the natural history of all bird species at an unprecedented scale.

紫冠雉 （英文名：Crested Guan，学名： Penelope purpurascens），是鸡形目凤冠雉科冠雉属的鸟类。 体型较大的凤冠雉。 其分布广泛，自墨西哥南部及尤卡坦半岛延伸至厄瓜多尔西部及委内瑞拉北部，常见于海拔1850米以下的热带及亚热带森林。 紫冠雉 通常成对或小群体活动，因人类活动和猎杀压力，其分布地逐渐偏远。 外形特征：紫冠雉 体长约76至91.5厘米，体重约1.6至2.4公斤。 全身主要为暗橄榄褐色，带有微弱的绿色或紫色光泽。 腹部和肛周区域为栗色，胸部和 …

2023年6月19日 · The crested guan (Penelope purpurascens) is known as the pava crestada, or more commonly, as the pava in Tico Spanish. The name translates to crested turkey or turkey in English. Taxonomically speaking, they aren’t closely related but both turkeys and crested guans are big, so good enough.

Primarily tree-living birds, crested guans forage in small groups up in the treetops, walking slowly along the branches and leaping across gaps. They will, however, come down to the ground to collect fallen fruit and seeds and to find drinking water.

2018年2月3日 · The crested guan (Penelope purpurascens) is a member of an ancient group of birds of the Cracidae family, which are related to the Australasian mound builders. It is found in the Neotropics, in lowlands forests ranging from south Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula to western Ecuador and southern Venezuela.

It is mainly found in the lowlands, but can reach up to 2,000-2,500 m (Howell and Webb 1995; Parker et al. 1996). The species is threatened by the loss and fragmentation of its forest habitat, mainly for conversion to agricultural land and cattle pastures (del Hoyo et al. 1994; Gilbert and Schulenberg 2020).