Chachalacas, Guans and Curassows (Cracidae)
White-browed Guan (Penelope jacucaca) - HBW 2, p. 351
French: Pénélope à front blanc
German: Weibrauenguan
Spanish: Pava Yacucaca
Other common names: Brown Guan
Taxonomy: Penelope jacu caca Spix, 1825, near Poçoens Encima, Bahia.
Forms superspecies with P. ochrogaster and P. pileata, and all three once considered conspecific. Has hybridized with P. pileata in captivity. Monotypic.
Distribution: Interior of NE Brazil.
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
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Several wild birds at dawn descending from the roosting tree to the ground, to feed on maize put for them. Locality Mãe-da-Lua Reserve, Itapajé, Ceará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 September 2008 3 years ago 49 sec 4.6 -
A bird feeding on maize. Locality Mãe-da-Lua Reserve, Itapajé, Ceará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 September 2008 2 years ago 37 sec 4 -
Two birds chasing each other Locality Rio de Janeiro Zoo, Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 June 2001 5 years ago 12 sec 3.3
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One bird.
Locality Serra de Baturité, Ceará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 4 December 2008 2 years ago 0
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Several birds recorded from a hide, same place of Josep vídeos. Locality Itapajé, Ceará State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 26 October 2007 2 years ago 4.7
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