Dusky-legged Guan
Penelope obscuraTemminck, CJ, 1815
English (US) Dusky-legged Guan
The Dusky-legged Guan (Penelope obscura) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cracidae (Guans, Curassows, and Chachalacas) in the order Galliformes.
Range: east-central Brazil to northeastern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Penelope obscura
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Dusky-legged Guan
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1815
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1815
- Type locality
- Paraguay, ex Azara.
- Original description
- Histoire naturelle générale des pigeons et des gallinacés, accompagné de planches anatomiques 3 p.68,693
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Guans, Curassows, and Chachalacas
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Cauca Guan
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White-winged Guan
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Yungas Guan
Penelope bridgesi
White-crested Guan
Penelope pileata
Chestnut-bellied Guan
Penelope ochrogaster
White-browed Guan
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Horned Guan
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Great Curassow
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