White-crested Guan
A species of Typical guans Scientific name : Penelope pileata Genus : Typical guans
White-crested Guan, A species of Typical guans
Botanical name: Penelope pileata
Genus: Typical guans
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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". 
Size
83 cm
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
White-crested Guan consumes plant-based food, particularly observed feeding on corn alongside domestic chickens, indicating a diet that includes grains. Specific feeding behaviors and unique dietary adaptations remain largely unrecorded.
Habitat
The white-crested Guan is predominantly found in dense, terra firme forests within tropical lowlands. It inhabits environments that typically consist of swampy or seasonally flooded areas, as well as wooded regions that border savannas. These birds are adapted to live in regions of thick vegetation and are known to share their habitat with other species in the Penelope genus.
Dite type
Frugivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Fruit
Distribution Area
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.
Species 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.
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