Baudo Guan
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| Baudó Guan | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Cracidae |
| Genus: | Penelope |
| Species: | P. ortoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Penelope ortoni Salvin, 1874 |
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The Baudó Guan, Penelope ortoni, is a species of bird from the family Cracidae. It is restricted to humid forests in the west Andean foothills of western Colombia and north-western Ecuador. It is highly sensitive to hunting and habitat destruction, with large sections of the Chocó already having disappeared entirely. Consequently, it is considered to be endangered by BirdLife International and IUCN.
[edit] References
- Penelope ortoni. BirdLife International. Accessed 24/5/2006
- BirdLife International (2008). Penelope ortoni. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map, a brief justification of why this species is endangered, and the criteria used.
