Cauca Guan

Penelope perspicax

Vulnerable

The Cauca Guan is an arboreal cracid of Cauca and Magdalena valley forests of Colombia. 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

Cauca Guan Range — Cauca and Magdalena valley forests of Colombia

Population

≈ 1K–2,499

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