Chestnut-bellied Guan

Penelope ochrogaster

Vulnerable

The Chestnut-bellied Guan is an arboreal cracid of gallery forest, wetlands, and wooded savanna of central Brazil. 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

Chestnut-bellied Guan Range — Gallery forest, wetlands, and wooded savanna of central Brazil

Population

≈ 1K–15K

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