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Penelope albipennis (White-winged Guan)

Wikipedia Abstract

The white-winged guan (Penelope albipennis) is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae. This species survives in Lambayeque, Cajamarca and Piura, north-west Peru. This is a medium-sized cracid, 70 cm in length, and similar in general appearance to turkeys, with thin necks and small heads.
View Wikipedia Record: Penelope albipennis

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Penelope albipennis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
53
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.13787
EDGE Score: 4.19277
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  3.858 lbs (1.75 kg)
Diet [2]  Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  50 %
Diet - Plants [2]  50 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  50 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  50 %
Clutch Size [1]  3
Snout to Vent Length [1]  28 inches (70 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
South American Pacific mangroves Colombia, Panama, Ecuador Neotropic Mangroves    
Tumbes-Piura dry forests Ecuador, Peru Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Bosques Secos de Salitral: Huarmaca: Olmos Peru A1, A2, A3
Chaparrí Peru A1, A2, A3
Laquipampa Peru A1, A2, A3

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru Yes

Prey / Diet

Ceiba trischistandra[3]
Celtis iguanaea (iguana hackberry)[3]
Prosopis chilensis (mesquite)[3]
Scutia spicata (Spiny Bush)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Saguinus oedipus (cotton-top tamarin)1

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0