---
title: "Kuifsjakohoen"
description: "Penelope purpurascens — Vogels. 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)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/crested-guan
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kuifsjakohoen

> Penelope purpurascens — Vogels. 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).

- Scientific name: *Penelope purpurascens*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 6457
- Wikidata: [Q848140](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q848140)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2062](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2062)

## Names

- en: Crested Guan
- de: Rostbauchguan
- es: Pava cojolita
- fr: Pénélope panachée
- nl: Kuifsjakohoen
- pl: Penelopa rdzawobrzucha

## Countries with the most observations

CR (4417), MX (549), EC (256), PA (149), BZ (139), GT (134), CO (72), HN (48), NI (5), VE (3)

## Summary

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). It is found from central Mexico through Central America and in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

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

## Photo

![Kuifsjakohoen](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/crested-guan/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90175017

## Machine access

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