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Crested Guan

Penelope purpurascens

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Field Notes

Description:

About 90cm long, dark plumage with white flecking on breast, red throat and blue-black orbital skin

Habitat:

Lowland wet forest, arboreal.

Notes:

Noisy and social, these three were about 30m off the ground.

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Crested Guan

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