Crested Guan
Penelope purpurascens
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGalliformes (Landfowl)
- FamilyCracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows)
- GenusPenelope (Typical Guans)
- SpeciesPenelope purpurascens (Crested Guan)
Closest Relatives at Arenal Volcano National Park
Great Curassow
Crax rubra
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Ortalis cinereiceps
Black Guan
Chamaepetes unicolor
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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Crested Guan in Arenal Volcano National Park?
About 69% of visitor-days record a Crested Guan sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park, based on 7608 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Crested Guan in Arenal Volcano National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Crested Guan in Arenal Volcano National Park in our monthly data.