Penelope pileata
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Pangalloanserae
Cladus: Galloanseres
Ordo: Galliformes
Subordo: Craci
Familia: Cracidae
Genus: Penelope
Species: Penelope pileata
Name
Penelope pileata Wagler, 1830
References
Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung 23, col.1109
Links
IUCN: Penelope pileata (Vulnerable)
Vernacular names
العربية: غوان أبيض العرف
български: Белокачулат хуан
català: Guan pit-roig
Cymraeg: Gwân cribwyn
English: White-crested Guan
Esperanto: Blankakrona penelopo
فارسی: شبخروش کاکلسفید
français: Pénélope à poitrine rousse
עברית: פנלופה לבנת-ציצה
hrvatski: Riđoprsi guan
magyar: Fehérkontyos sakutyúk
Nederlands: Witkuifsjakohoen
português: Jscu-do-norte, Jacupiranga
српски / srpski: Риђогруди гуан
svenska: vitkronad guan
The white-crested guan (Penelope pileata) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found only in regions of the eastern Amazon basin of Brazil. The species is restricted to the southern riverbank of the Amazon River; also eastwards, the south bank of the Pará River south of Marajó Island at the Amazon River's outlet. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat destruction and in 2012, the species was recategorised by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, its conservation status being raised to vulnerable.[2]
Description
The white-crested guan is a large bird and grows to a length of about 80 centimetres (31 in). It has a long crest of white feathers which gives it its name, bluish cheeks, black upper parts glossed with green, dark reddish-brown underparts and a long black tail. The voice is a raucous cackle, "eh-uh" or "u u u u u".[3][4]
Distribution and habitat
The white-crested guan is endemic to Brazil. Its range is limited to the south-central and southeastern parts of the Amazon basin, although it just extends across the Rio Araguaia into the Cerrado ecoregion. Its habitat is tropical forest, mostly dense, solid-ground forest, but it sometimes also occurs in seasonally-flooded areas.[4]
Status
The greatest threat faced by the white-crested guan is destruction of its rainforest habitat. As increasing amounts of forest are cleared and converted into agricultural land and cattle ranches, suitable habitat is reduced. The bird is intolerant of this and populations are fragmenting and declining. It is also hunted for food and captured for the aviary trade, so the International Union for Conservation of Nature has raised its conservation status to vulnerable.[1]
References
BirdLife International (2016). "Penelope pileata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22678392A92771975. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678392A92771975.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
"Recently recategorised species". Birdlife International (2012). Retrieved 9 June 2012.
Ber van Perlo (2 September 2009). A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil. Oxford University Press, USA. pp. 99–. ISBN 978-0-19-974565-4.
Kirwan, Guy M. (2010). "Penelope pileata". Neotropical Birds. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
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