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- Penelope albipennis
Identification
85 cm
- Black overall
- White primaries
- White flecking on neck, upper breast and wing-coverts
- Bare orangey-red or purplish throat
- Double-lobed dewlap
- Blue bill with black tip
- Purple facial skin around eye
Distribution
Dry forests of north-western Peru (Tumbes, Piura and Lambayeque).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Dry wooded slopes and ravines, valleys with small permanent streams or waterholes, and equatorial dry deciduous forest with dense cover, desert scrub with cacti. Observed at heights around 29 m.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes bean, sweet potato and maize leaves also the fruit of coffee plants.
Breeding
They lay 2 or 3 eggs during the season of January to August.
Vocalisation
Voice: A deep, hoarse och..och...och, mostly heard at dawn and during breeding season.
Call: A sharp cau….cau….cau that can be heard over a long distance.
Gallery
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References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- BirdLife International
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) White-winged Guan. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-winged_Guan
