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Ortalis cinereiceps

Ortalis cinereiceps

Ortalis cinereiceps,Grey-headed Chachalaca

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The crested pheasant is called Ortalis cinereiceps in Latin and Grey-headed Chachalaca in English.Crested pheasants usually play an important role as seed dispersers. It feeds mainly on banana fruit, coffee berries and tree leaves. Leaves make up a larger proportion of the diet than fruit, and they...

Ortalis canicollis

Ortalis canicollis

Ortalis canicollis,Chaco Chachalaca

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Ortalis canicollis, or Chaco Chachalaca, feeds mainly on banana fruits, coffee berries, and leaves, and occasionally pecks at insects.Protect wild animals and eliminate wild meat.Maintaining ecological balance is everyone's responsibility!...

Ortalis araucuan

Ortalis araucuan

Ortalis araucuan,East Brazilian Chachalaca

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Eastern Brazilian Chachalaca (Ortalis araucuan), no subspecies.The Brazilian crested pheasant usually plays an important role as a seed disperser. It feeds mainly on banana fruit, coffee berries and tree leaves. Like the pheasants of the same genus, the diet consists more of leaves than fruit, and o...

Horned Guan

Horned Guan

Horned Guan,Oreophasis derbianus

Features:The forehead has a 6cm high trumpet shaped red crown, which is extremely distinctive

Some experts believe that the Horned Crested pheasant (Oreophasis derbianus) should be placed in a separate family, as there appear to be too many differences between it and the Crested pheasant family to be one of the species entirely belonging to this family.The pheasant mainly ate fruit (83±3%)...

Highland Guan

Highland Guan

Highland Guan,Penelopina nigra

Features:The whole plumage of the male is black, the whole plumage of the male is black

Highland Guan (Penelopina nigra), no subspecies.Crested pheasants spend a lot of time in trees, feeding on berries and fruits, and sometimes descend to the ground to catch and eat animals, including lizards and mice. They usually occur alone and in pairs or in small groups of 3-4 individuals. The ca...

Penelope superciliaris

Penelope superciliaris

Penelope superciliaris,Rusty-margined Guan

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Its scientific name is Penelope superciliaris, and its foreign name is Rusty-margined Guan. 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 l...

Penelope purpurascens

Penelope purpurascens

Penelope purpurascens,Crested Guan

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Penelope purpurascens, Crested Guan, likes 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...

Penelope pileata

Penelope pileata

Penelope pileata,White-crested Guan

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The pheasant's scientific name is Penelope pileata, and its foreign name is White-crested Guan. 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 femal...

Penelope perspicax

Penelope perspicax

Penelope perspicax,Cauca Guan

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The crested pheasant's scientific name is Penelope perspicax, and its foreign name is Cauca Guan. 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 fem...

baudo guan

baudo guan

baudo guan,Penelope ortoni

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Ancient bronze crested pheasant scientific name Penelope ortoni, foreign name baudo guan, 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 lea...

Penelope ochrogaster

Penelope ochrogaster

Penelope ochrogaster,Chestnut-bellied Guan

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Its scientific name is Penelope ochrogaster, and its foreign name is chestney-bellied Guan. 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 l...

Penelope obscura

Penelope obscura

Penelope obscura,Dusky-legged Guan

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The black-legged crested pheasant is known as Penelope obscura or Dusky-legged Guan. 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...

Penelope montagnii

Penelope montagnii

Penelope montagnii,Andean Guan

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The Andean crested pheasant is known by its scientific name Penelope montagnii and foreign name Andean Guan. 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....

Marail Guan

Marail Guan

Marail Guan

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The green-backed crested pheasant (Penelopemarais), also known as Marail Guan, likes to live in large 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....

White-browed Guan

White-browed Guan

White-browed Guan,Penelope jacucaca

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It is also known as White-browed Guan or Penelope jacucaca. Likes 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...

Penelope jacquacu

Penelope jacquacu

Penelope jacquacu,Spix's Guan

Features:It is mainly dark gray, with blue-gray skin and a red dewlap on the throat

Spix crested pheasant (scientific name: Penelope jacquacu) There are 4 subspecies of S. Guan.Spex 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. It feeds mainly on the fruits of the uppe...

Penelope dabbenei

Penelope dabbenei

Penelope dabbenei,Red-faced Guan

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The Red-faced crested pheasant (Penelope dabbenei) is a gregarious pheasant. 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...

Penelope barbata

Penelope barbata

Penelope barbata,Bearded Guan

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The Bearded pheasant, whose scientific name is Penelope barbata, Bearded Guan, lives in large 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 fem...

Penelope argyrotis

Penelope argyrotis

Penelope argyrotis,Band-tailed Guan

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The pheasant's scientific name is Penelope argyrotis, and its foreign name is Band-tailed Guan. 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 femal...

Penelope albipennis

Penelope albipennis

Penelope albipennis

Features:The plumage is dark brown with white primary feathers

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

Chamaepetes unicolor

Chamaepetes unicolor

Chamaepetes unicolor,Black Guan

Features:The whole body feathers are black, the iris is red, and the legs are red

The pheasant's scientific name is Chamaepetes unicolor and its foreign name is Black Guan.Listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 2016 Red List of Threatened Species ver 3.1: Near Threatened (NT).Protect wild animals and eliminate wild meat.Maintaining ecological bala...