Listen to the Bearded guan
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About the Bearded guan
The Bearded guan is a bird in the family Cracidae (order Galliformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “near threatened”.
What does the Bearded guan sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call, piping call, alarm call and flight call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The bearded guan (Penelope barbata) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Related birds in the genus Penelope
More from the family Cracidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Bearded guan sound like?
You can hear 4 recordings of the Bearded guan on this page, including its call, piping call and alarm call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Bearded guan endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Bearded guan as “near threatened”.
What family does the Bearded guan belong to?
The Bearded guan (Penelope barbata) belongs to the family Cracidae in the order Galliformes.
Sources & credits
- Piping call, call · Zamora-Chinchipe: above Río Blanco, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Penelope barbata - Bearded Guan by Igor Lazo – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Alarm call, flight call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Ventanilla, Reserva Tapichalaca, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: above Río Blanco, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1264398 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Bearded guan – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Francesco Veronesi from Italy – CC BY-SA 2.0