Chestnut-bellied Guan
Penelope ochrogasterPelzeln, A, 1870
English (US) Chestnut-bellied Guan
The Chestnut-bellied Guan (Penelope ochrogaster) 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: lowlands of eastern Brazil (westward to Mato Grosso)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Penelope ochrogaster
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Chestnut-bellied Guan
- Described by
- Pelzeln, A, 1870
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Pelzeln, A, 1870
- Type locality
- Nas Frechas and Engenho do Pari, near Cuyaba, Matto Grosso.
- Original description
- Zur Ornithologie Brasiliens. Resultate von Johann Natterers Reisen in den Jahren 1817 bis 1835 Abth.3 p.282,337
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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