Chachalacas, Guans and Curassows (Cracidae)
White-crested Guan (Penelope pileata) - HBW 2, p. 350
French: Pénélope à poitrine rousse
German: Weischopfguan
Spanish: Pava Crestiblanca
Other common names: White headed/Green backed/Pileated Guan
Taxonomy: Penelope pileata Wagler, 1830, state of Pará, Brazil.
Forms superspecies with P. jacucaca and P. ochrogaster, and all three once considered conspecific. Has hybridized in captivity with, at least, P. superciliaris, P. marail, P. jacucaca, P. jacquacu and P. purpurascens, and even with Crax alberti. Monotypic.
Distribution: NC Brazil, in relatively small area S of R Amazon, from lower R Madeira to lower R Tapajós.
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A dorsal view of a bird perched in a tree, resting. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 23 sec 3.5 -
A close-up of the head of a bird, standing 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 22 sec 3.4 -
Several birds eating fruits of morototó (Schefflera morototoni) seen from below. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 20 August 2010 1 year ago 38 sec 2.8
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A bird in a tree.
Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil
Nick Athanas 21 January 2006 3 years ago 4.3 -
Adult bird head.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 16 October 2011 16 weeks ago 3.7
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Raucous calls by one bird in a tree. Locality Amazonia National Park, Pará State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 August 2010 1 year ago 3.3 -
Raucous calls from (I think) two birds. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 22 January 2006 2 years ago 0
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