seeking the fruit and foliage on which it feeds, or flies off with a heavy ani-like flap and glide. The range of this species has severely contracted outside remote or protected forests due to deforestation and hunting, but it has a very wide range and is a relatively common species so the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being "Near Threatened". Commonly found in the forest floor near forest edges and gardens on biological stations such as La Selva in Sarapiqui Costa Rica, they are playful and chase each another running around in circles for a good hour or so. Sometimes taking turns among three individuals. References Hilty, Birds of Venezuela, Stiles and Skutch, A guide to the birds of Costa Rica External links Stamps (for Mexico) shows Range Map at bird-stamps.org crested guan crested guan Birds of Central America Birds of Colombia Birds of Ecuador Birds of Mexico Birds of the Sierra Madre Oriental Birds of Venezuela crested guan crested guan