White-winged Guan

Penelope albipennis

Endangered

The White-winged Guan is an arboreal cracid of dry forests of northwestern Peru. 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-winged Guan Range — Dry forests of northwestern Peru

Population

≈ 200

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