Birds of Peru

    GALLIFORMES: Cracidae (Chachalacas, Curassows, Guans)  
Genus: Chamaepetes (1 species, 2 worldwide)


Sickle-winged Guan
Sickle-winged Guan (Chamaepetes goudotii goudotii)
Parque Ecológico El Salado, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A medium-sized guan, and often the most common guan. Sometimes solitary, but sometimes in groups. Note rufous legs and breast and (sometimes) blue face.
An individual without blue face eating fruit.


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