Rusty-margined Guan

The Rusty-margined Guan is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Rusty-margined Guan (Penelope superciliaris) is a species of bird in the Cracidae family, which includes the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in the dry regions of northeast Brazil, the cerrado and caatinga, as well as southeast Brazil; also the pantanal and the adjacent southeast Amazon Basin. It is also found in eastern Paraguay with extreme northeast Argentina, and eastern Bolivia in the Pantanal. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. More

The Rusty-margined Guan (Penelope superciliaris), is a species of bird of the Cracidae family of chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in the dry regions of northeast and southeast Brazil. It is also found in the southeast Amazon Basin, Paraguay, extreme northeast Argentina, and eastern Bolivia. Its habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. This bird is long and slender and is mostly gray above with white wing striping. The underparts are reddish-brown. More

Rusty-margined Guan in captivity at Parque de Aves, Brazil. Image copyright BirdPhotos.com. Copyright© 2007 Cracid Specialist Group. All rights reserved. Do not redistribute or duplicate this web site in any form. Site created and maintained by BirdPhotos. More

Rusty-margined Guan is, despite his size, easy to overlook. It is a sociable bird occurring in small flocks, usually at medium heights in the forest canopy and only rarely dropping to the ground. Disturb a flock and you may be startled yourself by the loud dog-like barking calls they produce as they make their escape!FIGURE 1 - Adult, Guira Oga, Departamento Misiones (Jos More

The Rusty-margined Guan (Penelope superciliaris) is a species of bird in the Cracidae family. pets No rusty-margined guan pets yet! pictures No rusty-margined guan pictures yet! videos No rusty-margined guan videos yet! owners No rusty-margined guan owners yet! blogs No rusty-margined guan blogs yet! This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. More

The Rusty-margined Guan is described in the literature as having the upper wing coverts and the secondaries edged rufous or ochraceous (Blake 1977, Mata et al. 2006, Sick 1997). In comparison with the nominate race, the rufous on the wing feathers of subspecies jacupemba is usually paler (Blake 1977). But the individual on the photo has the wing feathers edged whitish, with only a faint touch of rufous on some feathers (hardly visible on photo). More

Rusty-margined Guan Penelope superciliaris 2009 IUCN Red List Category (as evaluated by BirdLife International - the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Least Concern Justification This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence 30% decline over ten years or three generations). More

Rusty-margined Guan Penelope superciliaris = Described by: Temminck (1815) Alternate common name(s): Superciliated Guan, White eyebrowed Guan Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors Photographs No photographs are available for this species Range Tropical c. and e. South America; (1) Nc. and e. Brazil s. of Amazon (Bahia, Chapada Diamantina). (2) C. and s. Brazil. (3) S. Brazil, e. Bolivia, e. Paraguay to ne. More

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