Chachalacas, Curassows, Guans
Spix's Guan
Penelope jacquacu
The Spix's Guan (Penelope jacquacu) is a 1.5 kg forest bird that eats mostly fruit. It stays put all year.
- Family
- Chachalacas, Curassows, Guans
- Order
- Galliformes
- Weight
- 1.5 kg
- Habitat
- Forest
- Diet
- Fruit and nectar
- Migration
- Resident
- Countries recorded
- 7
Recorded in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Guyana, Bolivia, Venezuela.
Where to see it: Surama EcoLodge (Guyana); Atta Lodge / Iwokrama Canopy Walkway (Guyana); Sadiri Lodge (Bolivia); Los Amigos Biological Station (CICRA) (Peru); Iwokrama River Lodge (Guyana).
Photo: (c) Jared Shorma, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist