guan

See also: Guan, gúan, guàn, guān, and guǎn

English

a black guan (Chamaepetes unicolor)

Etymology

From American Spanish, from Kuna kwama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwɑn/
• Rhymes: -ɑn

Noun

guan (plural guans)

1. Any (member) of several species of birds in the genera Aburria, Chamaepetes, Oreophasis, Penelope, Penelopina, and Pipile, of the family Cracidae, limited to the Americas.
   • 2000, Daniel M. Brooks, Stuart D. Strahl, Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas: With Spanish and Portuguese Translations, page 8:

     The 'true' (Penelope) guans also occur at a range of altitudes but like most species of cracids, are mostly restricted to forest, both montane and lowland. Piping-guans (Pipile) are primarily lowland species, whereas numerous monospecific (single-species genus) taxa of guans (i.e. Aburria, Penelopina, Oreophasis) are restricted to montane environments.

   • 2002, Kent H. Redford, Peter Feinsinger, “17: The half-empty forest: sustainable use and the ecology of interactions”, in John D. Reynolds, editor, Conservation of Exploited Species, page 381:

     Most guans move among only the most rewarding trees, those having the largest fruit crops and/or the greatest reward per fruit. Nevertheless, solitary individuals and some guan groups - as well as the first-mentioned guans, once they deplete the fruit crops in the most popular trees - are stuck with the less rewarding trees.

   • 2010, Carrol L. Henderson, Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide, page 40:

     The Crested Guan is a large, brown, turkeylike bird most frequently seen peering down from the treetops as it searches for fruit and leaves that make up its diet. As its name implies, this bird has a feathered crest that is frequently raised as it relates to nearby guans or to potential danger.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Andean guan (Penelope montagnii)
• band-tailed guan (Penelope argyrotis)
• Baudo guan (Penelope ortoni)
• bearded guan (Penelope barbata)
• black guan (Chamaepetes unicolor)
• black-fronted piping guan (Pipile jacutinga)
• blue-throated piping guan (Pipile cumanensis)
• Cauca guan (Penelope perspicax)
• chestnut-bellied guan (Penelope ochrogaster)
• common piping guan
• crested guan (Penelope purpurascens)
• dusky-legged guan (Penelope obscura)
• highland guan (Penelopina nigra)
• horned guan (Oreophasis derbianus)
• marail guan (Penelope marail)
• red-faced guan (Penelope dabbenei)
• red-throated piping guan (Pipile cujubi)
• rusty-margined guan (Penelope superciliaris)
• sickle-winged guan (Chamaepetes goudotii)
• Spix's guan (Penelope jacquacu)
• Trinidad piping guan (Pipile pipile)
• wattled guan (Aburria aburri)
• white-browed guan (Penelope jacucaca)
• white-crested guan (Penelope pileata)
• white-winged guan (Penelope albipennis)

Translations

several birds within the family Cracidae

• Chamicuro: koc̈hoyi
• Dutch: goean m
• Finnish: saku (fi)
• Portuguese: jacu (pt)
• Swedish: guan (sv) c

References

• “guan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• ANUG, Aung, UNGA, guna

Mandarin

Romanization

guan

1. Nonstandard spelling of guān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of guǎn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of guàn.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Volapük

Noun

guan (uncountable guans)

1. guano

Declension

declension of guan

	singular
nominative	guan
genitive	guana
dative	guane
accusative	guani
vocative 1	o guan!
predicative 2	guanu

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only