Chachalacas, Guans and Curassows (Cracidae)
White-winged Guan (Penelope albipennis) - HBW 2, p. 349
French: Pénélope à ailes blanches
German: Weischwingenguan
Spanish: Pava Aliblanca
Taxonomy: Penelope albipennis Taczanowski, 1877, near Tumbez, Peru; type from Santa Lucia.
Forms superspecies with P. purpurascens, P. perspicax, P. jacquacu and P. obscura. Probably closely related to P. purpurascens or P. jacquacu (see page 314), but specific status now warranted; validity as species questioned in past, with suggestions that it had been described from a partially albinistic specimen of P. ortoni or P. purpurascens, or that it constituted a morph or variant of one of these species. Monotypic.
Distribution: Extreme NW Peru; recent records only from Lambayeque; historically, also occurred in Tumbes and Piura, where some populations may persist. Original range supposed to extend N to near border with Ecuador, and S to R Chicama, La Libertad. Might also be present in large swampy area bordering Gulf of Guayaquil, in SW Ecuador.
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A bird resting in a tree Locality Chaparrí Reserve, Lambayeque Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Stefan Behrens 2004 5 years ago 28 sec 4.2 -
Different shots of adult birds in flight, showing their white wings Locality Limon Canyon, Olmos, Lambayeque Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Luc Fazio 6 August 1999 3 years ago 18 sec 4.1 -
A bird in a tree Locality Chaparrí Reserve, Lambayeque Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Stefan Behrens 2004 5 years ago 31 sec 4 -
A bird in a tree, resting Locality Chaparrí Reserve, Lambayeque Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Stefan Behrens 2004 5 years ago 27 sec 3.9 -
A bird calling Locality Pava Aliblanca Breeding Center, Olmos, Lambayeque Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 26 August 2001 6 years ago 30 sec 3.8 -
A bird making short flights and showing its white primaries Locality Pava Aliblanca Breeding Center, Olmos, Lambayeque Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 26 August 2001 6 years ago 32 sec 3.7
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A bird in a tree.
Locality Limon Canyon, Olmos, Lambayeque Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 17 July 2005 2 years ago 3.3 -
Bird alighting on tree
Locality Limon Canyon, Olmos, Lambayeque Department, Peru
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 22 August 2009 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3 -
Bird perching on tree
Locality Limon Canyon, Olmos, Lambayeque Department, Peru
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 22 August 2009 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 2.8
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Alarm calls. Locality Limon Canyon, Olmos, Lambayeque Department, Peru
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 7 July 2005 2 years ago 0
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