White-crested Guan

Penelope pileata

Vulnerable

The White-crested Guan is an arboreal cracid of eastern Amazonian and Atlantic-influenced forests of 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

White-crested Guan Range — Eastern Amazonian and Atlantic-influenced forests of Brazil

Population

≈ Unknown

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