---
title: "Black Guan"
description: "Chamaepetes unicolor — Uccelli. The black guan (Chamaepetes unicolor) is a species of bird in the chachalaca, guan, and curassow family Cracidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/black-guan
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black Guan

> Chamaepetes unicolor — Uccelli. The black guan (Chamaepetes unicolor) is a species of bird in the chachalaca, guan, and curassow family Cracidae.

- Scientific name: *Chamaepetes unicolor*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 1326
- Wikidata: [Q748732](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q748732)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2077](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2077)

## Names

- en: Black Guan
- de: Mohrenguan
- es: Pava Negra
- fr: Pénélope unicolore
- nl: Zwarte goean
- pl: Grdacz czarny

## Countries with the most observations

CR (1150), PA (49)

## Summary

The black guan (Chamaepetes unicolor) is a species of bird in the chachalaca, guan, and curassow family Cracidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_guan

## Photo

![Black Guan](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-guan/medium.jpg)

Photo: Janice Von Itter · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/224734920

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-guan?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).