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Cauca Guan

Penelope perspicax

The Cauca guan (Penelope perspicax) is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family, Cracidae. It is a large guan, and like most guans leads a mostly arboreal life in humid forests, where it forages for fruit and leaves. The Cauca guan is endemic to Colombia's Cauca River valley.

In Spanish the bird is called pava caucana.

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Photo credit: Zieger M

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