Dusky-legged guan
Dusky-legged guan | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Cracidae |
Genus: | Penelope |
Species: | P. obscura
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Binomial name | |
Penelope obscura Temminck, 1815
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Subspecies | |
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The dusky-legged guan (Penelope obscura) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Uruguay, northeastern Argentina and southernmost areas of Paraguay and Brazil. In early 2021, the former subspecies P. o. bridgesi, found in southwestern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina, was elevated to species rank as Yungas guan.[2]
Habitat[]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.[3]
Description[]
The bird measures an average of 73 centimeters in length and weighs an average of 1.2 kilograms, being very similar in appearance to its smaller relative, the rusty-margined guan (P. supercilliaris).[citation needed]
Diet[]
It eats fruit, flowers and buds taken from the ground or plucked from tree branches, and acts as a seed disperser for various species of trees and palms, such as the endangered palm Euterpe edulis, or the palms of the genus Syagrus (e.g. queen palm and licuri).[4]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Penelope obscura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2021). "IOC World Bird List (v 11.1)". Retrieved January 14, 2021.
- ^ del Hoyo, J. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Dusky-legged Guan (Penelope obscura), 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.dulgua1.01 retrieved April 20, 2021
- ^ (in Portuguese) José Felipe Monteiro Pereira (2008) Aves e Pássaros Comuns do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro: Technical Books pp.48 ISBN 978-85-61368-00-5
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Penelope obscura. |
Wikispecies has information related to Penelope obscura. |
- Dusky-legged Guan videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Stamps (for Argentina) with RangeMap
- Dusky-legged Guan photo gallery VIREO
- Photo-High Res; Article chandra.as.utexas.edu—"Birds of Brazil"
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Penelope (genus)
- Birds of the Atlantic Forest
- Birds of the South Region
- Birds of Uruguay
- Birds of Argentina
- Birds of the Selva Misionera
- Birds of the Southern Andean Yungas
- Birds described in 1815
- Galliformes stubs