Dusky-legged guan
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Cracidae |
| Genus: | Penelope |
| Species: | P. obscura
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| Penelope obscura Temminck, 1815
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The dusky-legged guan (Penelope obscura) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Uruguay, northeastern Argentina and southernmost areas of Paraguay and Brazil; a narrow disjunct range is in northern Argentina extending into south-central Bolivia.[2]
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.[citation needed]
Description
The bird measures an average of 73 centimeters in length and weighs an average of 1.2 kilograms, being very similar in appearance to its smaller relative, the rusty-margined guan (P. supercilliaris).[citation needed]
Diet
It eats fruit, flowers and buds taken from the ground or plucked from tree branches, and acts as a seed disperser for various species of trees and palms, such as the endangered palm Euterpe edulis, or the palms of the genus Syagrus (e.g. queen palm and licuri).[3]
References
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- ^ Evangelista Vargas, Oscar Diego; Silveira, Luis Fabio (2018-03-29). "Morphological evidence for the taxonomic status of the Bridge's Guan, Penelope bridgesi, with comments on the validity of P. obscura bronzina (Aves: Cracidae)". Zoologia. 35: 1–10. doi:10.3897/zoologia.35.e12993. ISSN 1984-4689.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Template:Pt icon José Felipe Monteiro Pereira (2008) Aves e Pássaros Comuns do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro: Technical Books pp.48 ISBN 978-85-61368-00-5
External links
- Dusky-legged Guan videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Stamps (for Argentina) with RangeMap
- Dusky-legged Guan photo gallery VIREO
- Photo-High Res; Article chandra.as.utexas.edu—"Birds of Brazil"
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