Baudo Guan

Penelope ortoni

Endangered

The Baudo Guan is an arboreal cracid of Choco forests of western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. It usually keeps to forest canopy and edges, feeding heavily on fruit and helping move seeds through tropical and subtropical forests. Its conservation story is important, with habitat loss and hunting pressure making protected forest especially valuable.

Family

Cracidae

Group

Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows

Range

Baudo Guan Range — Choco forests of western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador

Population

≈ 7K–21K

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