Birds of the World


White-winged Guan (Penelope albipennis) Endangered Range: SA: nw Peru Zoo, Peru
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Band-tailed Guan (Penelope argyrotis) Range: SA: Colombia and Venezuela Venezuela
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Bearded Guan (Penelope barbata) Near Threatened Range: SA: s Ecuador and nw Peru south, Ecuador
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Yungas Guan (Penelope bridgesi) Range: SA: c Bolivia to nw Argentina

Split from the Dusky-legged Guan of the Atlantic rainforest. Compare to Red-faced Guan.


Red-faced Guan (Penelope dabbenei) Range: SA: se Bolivia and nw Argentina Lagunas de Yala, Yala, Argentina
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Very similar to the Dusky-legged Guan, now called Yungas Guan also found in the same forests. Face color is the most reliable way to differntiate the two species.


Spix's Guan (Penelope jacquacu jacquacu) Range: SA: Amazonia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


White-browed Guan (Penelope jacucaca) Vulnerable Range: SA: e Brazil Hotel Pedra dos Ventos, Quixadá, Ceará, Brazil
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.

Local and uncommon in caatinga (arid scrub) habitats in northeastern Brazil.


Marail Guan (Penelope marail jacupeba) Range: SA: n Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Photograph by Anselmo d'Affonseca © All Rights Reserved.


Andean Guan (Penelope montagnii montagnii) Range: SA: Colombia to Bolivia ACAIME Reserve, Salento, Colombia Note red eye and compact shape. A medium sized guan.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A less {rufous} idividual.


Dusky-legged Guan (Penelope obscura obscura) Range: SA: sc, se Iguazu National Park, Argentina
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Compere to Rusty-margined Guan.

Chestnut-bellied Guan (Penelope ochrogaster) Vulnerable
Range: SA: c Brazil
Brazil

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Baudo Guan (Penelope ortoni) Endangered Range: SA: w Colombia and w Ecuador Los Cedros Reserve, Ecuador
Photograph by Evan Barrientos Photography © All Rights Reserved.

A small guan named after the Baudo mountain range along the Colombian Pacific coast. Note blue featherless face, and dark chest with white streaking.


Cauca Guan (Penelope perspicax) Vulnerable Range: SA: w Colombia Otún Quimbaya Wildlife Sanctuary, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
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Cauca Guan (Penelope perspicax) Vulnerable Range: SA: w Colombia Otún Quimbaya Wildlife Sanctuary, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia A large guan.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A large guan similar to Crested Guan, but back and tail more rufous. Found only in the remaining forest fragments in the Cauca valley, such as Otun Quimbaya. Note large dewlap.


White-crested Guan (Penelope pileata) Vulnerable Range: SA: nc Brazil Serra dos Carajás, Pará state, Brazil
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens) Near Threatened Range: MA, SA: Mexico to nw SA Sarapiqui, Costa Rica A very large guan.
Photograph by George Scott Photography © All Rights Reserved.


Rusty-margined Guan (Penelope superciliaris) Near Threatened Range: SA: c, e Piuval, Pantanal, Brazil
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud © All Rights Reserved.

Smaller than the Dusky-legged Guan, and note rusty edges to wing and tail feathers, and rusty/rufous belly/vent (vs. brown). Also Rusty-margined has a light or white eyebrow (latin name superciliaris).