- Penelope barbata
Identification
55 cm (21¾ in)
- Grey head and throat, small red wattle on throat
- Dark brown body with grey speckles on breast and belly
- Rufous terminal band on tail
- Grey bill
- Pink legs
Distribution
South America: found locally in the Andes of southern Ecuador (but not on the east slope) and in the western Andes of northwestern Peru.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Subspecies inexpectata is usually considered invalid[2]
Bearded Guan is considered by some to be a subspecies of Band-tailed Guan[2]
Habitat
Both humid and dry montane cloud forests.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of fruit, with the addition of some leaves and flowers.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Bearded Guan. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bearded_Guan
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
