Cauca Guan - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by COLOMBIA Birding
Otun-Quimbaya, Central Andes, Colombia, November/December 2009

Penelope perspicax

Identification

76cm

• Dull brown-grey
• Chestnut rear and tail
• Red dewlap
• Whitish-scaled feather edges from head to mantle and breast

Distribution

South America: found only in subtropical western and central Andes of Colombia

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Cloud Forest, pines and alders.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. BirdLife International

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) Cauca Guan. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 30 November 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cauca_Guan

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