Listen to the Andean guan
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About the Andean guan
The Andean guan is a bird in the family Cracidae (order Galliformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Andean 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. 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 Andean guan (Penelope montagnii) is a gamefowl species of the family Cracidae, in which it belongs to the guan subfamily Penelopinae. This bird occurs in the highlands (5,000 ft/1,500 m ASL and higher) of the Andes, from Venezuela and Colombia through Ecuador and Peru south to Bolivia and perhaps northwesternmost Argentina.
Related birds in the genus Penelope
More from the family Cracidae
Frequently asked questions
What does an Andean guan sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Andean guan on this page, including its call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Andean guan endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Andean guan as “least concern”.
What family does the Andean guan belong to?
The Andean guan (Penelope montagnii) belongs to the family Cracidae in the order Galliformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1079723 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Andean guan – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Joseph C Boone – CC BY-SA 4.0