The Wattled Guan is a large, all-black bird with a blue bill and a long red-and-yellow wattle hanging from its throat. It lives in humid Andean montane forest and eats fruit.
The plumage is nearly all black, with a blue bill and yellow legs. A long, slender red-and-yellow wattle hangs from the reddish throat.
Wattled Guan research in Colombia’s central Andes combined sightings and calls to study place and season.
Monthly surveys along six trails during October2002–September2003 produced few sightings, concentrated within one part of the489-ha forest, suggesting an aggregated distribution.
Song patterns suggested breeding between January and June. The authors highlighted locally low density and habitat loss, showing the value of repeated observations.
IUCN Red List (BirdLife listing) · Least Concern · Global
BirdLife lists Least Concern. Hunting for food can be locally intense. The factsheet calls for monitoring and assessment of habitat loss, fragmentation and hunting impacts.