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 LC    Spix's Guan* Id (Atlas):
    Penelope jacquacu

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Spix's Guan, White-browed Guan(!), Green-backed Guan (granti)

Family
Cracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, Curassows)

Size
70 - 80 cm

First Described (Guide)
Spix, 1825

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From 100 - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

 
Spix's Guan (Penelope jacquacu) [XC449320]
     by Jerome Fischer from Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia (alarm call)

 
Spix's Guan (Penelope jacquacu) [XC257418]
     by Mitch Lysinger from Sucumb\u00edos: 'Sacha Lodge', n bank R\u00edo Napo, Ecuador (call, aggression calls)

Subspecies
Has been considered conspecific with Dusky-legged Guan (Penelope obscura), and formerly with Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens), but tracheal morphology different.

Forms superspecies with Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens), Cauca Guan (Penelope perspicax), White-winged Guan (Penelope albipennis) and Dusky-legged Guan (Penelope obscura).

Subspecies granti has been considered separate species, including orienticola as subspecies, but there is extensive intergradation throughout present species. Has hybridized with White-crested Guan (Penelope pileata) in captivity.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

  • granti von Berlepsch, 1908   -  Guyana and adjacent eastern Venezuela south of R Orinoco.
  • orienticola Todd, 1932   -  South-eastern Venezuela and north-western Brazil north of R Amazon and R Solimes.
  • jacquacu Spix, 1825   -  Amazonia south of R Amazon and R Solimes in western Brazil, eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, Peru and northern Bolivia.
  • speciosa Todd, 1915   -  Central and eastern Bolivia.



References
See References.


Files:
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