Penelope albipennis

IUCN

Alias：Penelope albipennis

Basic Information

Scientific classification

name：Penelope albipennis
Aliases：Penelope albipennis
Outline：Landfowl
Family：Chickeniformes P.family P.Genus

Vital signs

length：About 70 cm
Weight：No textual research information is available
lifetime：No textual research information is available

Feature

The plumage is dark brown with white primary feathers

Details

The white-winged crested pheasant (Penelope albipennis), also known as the white-winged officer bird, is a type of crested pheasant.

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White-winged crested pheasants like to live in groups. Most of the time they live in pairs or in groups of 6-12. They walk on branches, looking for fruits and leaves to eat. A bird's nest is built on a tree or stump with branches and leaves. The female will lay two to three eggs at a time, which are rough and white in surface. The female will dish the eggs alone.

White-winged crested pheasants are found in the Lambayque, Cajamarca and Piura regions of northwestern Peru. White-winged crested pheasants are in critical condition due to severe habitat loss and predation. It is estimated that fewer than 250 individuals survive. The Laquipampa Reserved Zone was created to protect them.

Listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2018 ver 3.1 - Endangered (EN).

Listed in Appendix I, Appendix II and Appendix III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) 2019 edition.

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Location

It is found in the Lambayque, Cajamarca and Piura regions of northwestern Peru.
It lives in forests and is the most arboreal of the galliniformes.

Form

It is a large bird, up to 70 cm long, resembling a Turkey in appearance, with a young neck and a thin head. The plumage is dark brown with white primary feathers. Pale spots on the neck, upper thorax and base of the wings. The throat is featherless, orange-red, and has two lobes. Beak blue, tip black, orbital skin purple.