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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Oreophasis
- Image
- Horned Guan.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Endangered status
- taxon name
- Oreophasis derbianus
- Commons category
- Oreophasis derbianus
- taxon common name
- guano-cornudo
- CITES Appendix
- Appendix I of CITES
- short name
- O. derbianus
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Encyclopedic overview
The horned guan (Oreophasis derbianus) is an endangered species in an ancient group of birds of the family Cracidae, which are related to the Australasian megapodes or mound builders (Megapodiidae). It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, and possibly Honduras.
Taxonomy and systematics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Horned Guan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.