Photo © by Stanley Jones
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala, west of Yala, Jujuy Province, Argentina, October 10, 2019
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala, west of Yala, Jujuy Province, Argentina, October 10, 2019
Alternative name: Bridge's Guan
- Penelope bridgesi
Identification
- Mostly dark chestnut brown
- White streaks on neck, mantle and wings
- Black head with dark grey bare skin around the eye
- Red wattle on the throat (dewlap)
- Eyes red in male and brown in female
Similar species
Red-faced Guan has red bare facial skin
Distribution
Eastern slope of Andes of Bolivia to north-western Argentina
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Formerly included in Dusky-legged Guan.
Habitat
Yungas forest at elevations from below 1000m asl to well above.
Behaviour
Feeds on leaves, fruit, and seeds.
Vocalisation
Low pitch whistles and rasping sounds.
References
- 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/
- del Hoyo, J. and G. M. Kirwan (2021). Yungas Guan (Penelope bridgesi), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.dulgua3.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yungas Guan. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 30 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yungas_Guan
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
