Dusky-legged guan

Penelope obscura

The dusky-legged guan is a species of bird in the Cracidae family, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in southernmost Brazil, northern Uruguay, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina; a narrow disjunct range is in northern Argentina extending into south-central Bolivia.
Dusky-legged Guan (Penelope obscura) Taken in August 2015, at Parque das Aves (Bird Park), in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Known as Jacuaçu, in Portuguese. Brazil,Cracidae,Dusky-legged guan,Galliformes,Geotagged,Penelope,Penelope obscura,South America,Winter,bird,guan

Appearance

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 .

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Food

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 ''Syagrus'' genus .

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderGalliformes
FamilyCracidae
GenusPenelope
SpeciesP. obscura
Photographed in
Brazil