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Andean Guan

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[[Image:Andean_Guan.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Dave+B+Smith|Dave B Smith}}<br />Mucuy, Merida, [[Venezuela]], April 2005]] [[Image:Andean_Guan.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Dave+B+Smith|Dave B Smith}}<br />Mucuy, Merida, [[Venezuela]], April 2005]]
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==Distribution== ==Distribution==
[[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]] [[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]]

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Photo by Dave B SmithMucuy, Merida, Venezuela, April 2005
Photo by Dave B Smith
Mucuy, Merida, Venezuela, April 2005
Penelope montagnii

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[edit] Identification

40-50 c.

  • Long body
  • Thin neck
  • Small head
  • Brown plumage with whitish feather-edging on the head, neck and chest
  • Red dewlap
  • Reddish legs
  • Bill seems variable with at least some northern birds showing yellow bill

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies[1]

  • P. m. montagnii:
  • P. m. atrogularis:
  • P. m. brooki:
  • P. m. plumosa:
  • Eastern slope of Andes of Peru
  • P. m. sclateri:

[edit] Habitat

Cloud forest.

[edit] Behaviour

It follows migrating Army Ants.

[edit] Breeding

They nest in a tree, and a single egg is laid.

[edit] References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia

[edit] External Links

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