Dusky-legged Guan - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by juninho
Hospedaria do Colegia Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil, September 2004

Penelope obscura

Identification

73cm
Male: reddish brown eyes and red throat wattle
Female: dark eyes

Distribution

South America: found in Brazil, northern Uruguay, Paraguay, and north-eastern Argentina.

Taxonomy

Yungas Guan was recently split from this species.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized^[1].

• P. o. bronzina:

• Easterm Brazil (Espíritu Santo to Santa Catarina)

• P. o. obscura:

• Extreme south-eastern Brazil to south-eastern Paraguay, Uruguay and north-eastern Argentina

Female
Photo © by Daniesser
Manhumirim/MG, Brazil, October 2009

Habitat

Atlantic forest, woodland, scrub and riversides, agricultural lands and city parks.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes fruit, flowers and buds.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Dusky-legged Guan. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Dusky-legged_Guan

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