Chachalacas, Guans and Curassows (Cracidae) - HBW 2
Andean Guan (Penelope montagnii)
French: Pénélope des Andes
German: Andenguan
Spanish: Pava Andina
Taxonomy: Ortalida montagnii Bonaparte, 1856, Colombia = El Piñón, above Fusugasugá.
Has been considered to include P. ortoni as race, but ranges contiguous, with overlap in W Ecuador and possibly also in SW Colombia, without any trace of intergradation, so they probably do not even form superspecies. Population of SE Peru was separated in different race, marcapatensis, but later recognized as synonym of plumosa. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- montagnii (Bonaparte, 1856) - NW Venezuela and N & C Colombia.
- atrogularis Hellmayr & Conover, 1932 - W slope of Andes in S Colombia and Ecuador.
- brooki Chubb, 1917 - E slope of Andes in S Colombia and Ecuador.
- montagnii (Bonaparte, 1856) - NW Venezuela and N & C Colombia.
- atrogularis Hellmayr & Conover, 1932 - W slope of Andes in S Colombia and Ecuador.
- brooki Chubb, 1917 - E slope of Andes in S Colombia and Ecuador.
- plumosa Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1902 - E slope of Andes in Peru.
- sclateri G. R. Gray, 1860 - Yungas of Bolivia; usually said to occur in extreme N Argentina too, but this is based on two specimens recently shown to belong to P. dabbenei.
- Least Concern
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A lateral view of a bird perched in a tree Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp atrogularis)
Stefan Behrens 31 August 2005 2 years ago 34 sec 4.6 -
A bird in a tree, feeding on fruits Hotel Pueblo, Aguas Calientes, Cusco, Peru (ssp plumosa)
Josep del Hoyo 27 July 2005 4 years ago 33 sec 3.6
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One bird on the branch Pasochoa, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Libor Vaicenbacher 24 August 2009 6 weeks ago 3 -
A bird perched high in a tree. Guango Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador
Scott Olmstead 7 February 2008 15 weeks ago 3
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Calls from one bird. Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp atrogularis)
Nick Athanas 10 April 2001 15 weeks ago 4
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