Cauca Guan
Penelope perspicaxBangs, O, 1911
English (US) Cauca Guan
The Cauca Guan (Penelope perspicax) 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: central Cauca Valley (Colombia), in both the western and central Andes; formerly (?) also on the west slope of the western AndesRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Penelope perspicax
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Cauca Guan
- Described by
- Bangs, O, 1911
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Bangs, O, 1911
- Type locality
- San Luis, Bitaco Valley, western Colombia.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 24 p.187,188
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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