The Horned Guan is a large bird of mountain forests in southeastern Mexico and Guatemala. The red horn on an immature bird is small and has not yet developed into the adult form.
In observed young birds, the red horn on the forehead was still rudimentary; the bill was duller yellow and the iris darker gray than in adults.
Horned Guans inhabit wet, cool cloud forests in Mexico and Guatemala. Their red horn grows from small juvenile bumps, and fruit and leaves feature in their lives.
CONANP documented wild courtship in El Triunfo, with a male calling and regurgitating fruit and leaves to a female.
Ranger support, bird surveys and planting native trees form part of local conservation. Habitat destruction and land-use change make protection of these mountain forests important.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
Cloud-forest destruction and land-use changes are threats. In El Triunfo, support includes ranger patrols, population surveys and native-tree restoration.