Chachalacas, Guans and Curassows (Cracidae)
Rusty-margined Guan (Penelope superciliaris) - HBW 2, p. 348
French: Pénélope péoa
German: Weistirnguan
Spanish: Pava Yacupemba
Other common names: Superciliated/White eyebrowed Guan
Taxonomy: Penelope superciliaris Temminck, 1815, state of Pará, Brazil.
May form superspecies with P. marail. Has hybridized in captivity with P. purpurascens, P. pileata and Pipile cujubi. Recently, two new races have been described from the headwaters of the Maués River, Amazonas (cyanosparius), and the coast of Alagoas and Pernambuco (alagoensis), but the types and paratypes are of captive origin. Three subspecies usually recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- superciliaris Temminck, 1815 - NC & E Brazil, S of Amazon S to Maranhão.
- jacupemba Spix, 1825 - E Bolivia (Santa Cruz) and C & S Brazil.
- major Bertoni, 1901 - extreme S Brazil (Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), E Paraguay and NE Argentina (Misiones).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two wild birds eating maize at a feeding station of the national park. Locality Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí State, Brazil (ssp jacupemba)
Josep del Hoyo 7 October 2008 3 years ago 24 sec 4.8 -
A wild bird being alert and feeding at a feeding station of the national park. Locality Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí State, Brazil (ssp jacupemba)
Josep del Hoyo 7 October 2008 2 years ago 29 sec 4 -
A bird preening its wing. Locality Parque das Aves, Iguaçu National Park, Paraná State, Brazil (ssp major)
Josep del Hoyo 10 May 2005 6 years ago 40 sec 4 -
A wild bird being alert, erecting the crest and displaying the tail. Locality Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí State, Brazil (ssp jacupemba)
Josep del Hoyo 7 October 2008 2 years ago 22 sec 3.8 -
A bird preening its breast and rump. Locality Parque das Aves, Iguaçu National Park, Paraná State, Brazil (ssp major)
Josep del Hoyo 10 May 2005 5 years ago 35 sec 3.6 -
A bird preening its rump, tail and wing. Locality Parque das Aves, Iguaçu National Park, Paraná State, Brazil (ssp major)
Josep del Hoyo 10 May 2005 6 years ago 21 sec 3.6
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Fluffing its feathers up.
Locality Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp jacupemba)
Nick Athanas 7 October 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Same situation and day of Josep vídeo.
Locality Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí State, Brazil (ssp ochromitra)
Ciro Albano 6 October 2008 2 years ago 3.9 -
A close-up.
Locality Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí State, Brazil (ssp jacupemba)
Josep del Hoyo 7 October 2008 2 years ago 3.6 -
Individual perching
Locality Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Renata Biancalana 4 weeks ago 3.5 -
On the Ground
Locality Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
oleicfrisbee 36 weeks ago 2.7 -
A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (ssp superciliaris)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 2.6
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Calls of one bird. Locality Chapada do Araripe, Ceará State, Brazil
(ssp not determined. )
Ciro Albano 27 December 2005 2 years ago 4
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