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The Horned Guan (Oreophasis derbianus) is a bird found in Guatemala and Mexico. Found in Guatemala and Mexico. It eats fruit and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

🏡 Where the Horned Guan lives

Found in Guatemala and Mexico.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🍎 Fruit50%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants50%

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

Conservation status

Hear the Horned Guan

Recorded by Sasha Robinson (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1037083. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Horned Guan

Where does the Horned Guan live?

The Horned Guan lives in Guatemala and Mexico. Found in Guatemala and Mexico.

What does the Horned Guan eat?

fruit (about 50%), leaves and other plant parts (about 50%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Horned Guan endangered?

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

More birds from North America

• Marbled murrelet
• Golden-cheeked warbler
• Saint Lucia oriole
• Semper's warbler
• Black-capped petrel
• Maroon-fronted parrot

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