Black-fronted Piping Guan

Pipile jacutinga

The Black-fronted Piping Guan (Pipile jacutinga) is a bird found in Argentina and Paraguay. Found in Argentina and Paraguay. It eats fruit, insects and other small invertebrates and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Pipile jacutinga
Region	South America
Found in	Argentina and Paraguay

🏡 Where the Black-fronted Piping Guan lives

Found in Argentina and Paraguay.

🍽️ What it eats

🍎 Fruit70%
🐛 Insects & bugs10%
🌰 Seeds & nuts10%
🌿 Leaves & plants10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

💡 It weighs about 1.2 kilograms. It mostly eats fruit.

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Recorded by Marcos E. Sosa (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1019102. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Black-fronted Piping Guan

Where does the Black-fronted Piping Guan live?

The Black-fronted Piping Guan lives in Argentina and Paraguay. Found in Argentina and Paraguay.

What does the Black-fronted Piping Guan eat?

fruit (about 70%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 10%), seeds and nuts (about 10%), leaves and other plant parts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Black-fronted Piping Guan endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

More birds from South America

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.