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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.

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