Black Guan
Chamaepetes unicolor
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGalliformes (Landfowl)
- FamilyCracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows)
- GenusChamaepetes (Black and Sickle-winged Guans)
- SpeciesChamaepetes unicolor (Black Guan)
Closest Relatives at Arenal Volcano National Park
Crested Guan
Penelope purpurascens
Great Curassow
Crax rubra
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Ortalis cinereiceps
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagris
Common Peafowl
Pavo cristatus
Black-breasted Wood Quail
Odontophorus leucolaemus
Black-eared Wood Quail
Odontophorus melanotis
Spot-bellied Bobwhite
Colinus leucopogon
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Quetzales National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Irazú Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Black Guan in Arenal Volcano National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Black Guan sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park, based on 86 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Black Guan in Arenal Volcano National Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Black Guan in Arenal Volcano National Park in our monthly data.