Red-faced Guan
Penelope dabbenei
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<birdfyi-bird slug="penelope-dabbenei"></birdfyi-bird>The Red-faced Guan (Penelope dabbenei) is a bird species in the family Cracidae (chachalacas, guans & curassows), within the order Galliformes (gamebirds). Recorded measurements include a wingspan of 56.7 cm and a weight of 1.2 kg. The IUCN Red List classifies it as Least Concern.
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Sobre
A large cracid (~1.2 kg) of family Cracidae, with distinctive red bare facial skin. Inhabits montane humid forests of the eastern Andes in Bolivia and northwestern Argentina at 900–2,500 m elevation. Arboreal, foraging for fruits, seeds, and buds in the forest canopy. Least Concern; relatively restricted range in the Yungas forest zone but not considered under immediate threat.
Physical Description
| Measurement | Value | Imperial |
|---|---|---|
| Envergadura | 56,7 cm | 22.3 in |
| Peso | 1230,0 g | 43.39 oz |
Identificação
Plumagem
Dark brownish-olive; extensive bare bright red facial skin from lores to ear-coverts (larger than other guans); throat red-wattled; breast finely streaked white; lower belly rufous; tail dark.
Habitat & Range
Distribuição geográfica
Resident in the foothills and mountains of northwestern Argentina and adjacent Bolivia at 500-1,800 m. Found in humid Yungas forest.
Diet & Feeding
Frugivorous; eats fruits, berries, seeds, and leaves in Andean foothills forests of Bolivia and northwestern Argentina.
Estado de conservação
Comportamento e reprodução
Nidificação
Nest type: PL.
Tamanho da postura
3
Som
Canto
Produces a loud, resonant honking cackle and wing-whirring display. Calls carry through Bolivian and Argentinian Yungas cloud forest; wing-whirring is a diagnostic display.
Taxonomia
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Ordem | Galliformes (Gamebirds) |
| Família | Cracidae (Chachalacas, Guans & Curassows) |
| Genus | Penelope |
| Espécies | Penelope dabbenei |
Distribution
Red-faced Guan has been recorded in 1 countries.
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Other species in the Cracidae family