Andean Guan vs Dusky-legged Guan

Andean Guan

Penelope montagnii

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These are medium-sized birds, measuring about 40–58 centimetres (16–23 in) in length and weighing about 500–840 g (1.1–1.9 lb). They are long-bodied with thin necks and small heads, and similar in shape to turkeys but more slender and elegant. The plumage is overall brown with whitish edging to the feathers of the head, neck and chest. It has a red dewlap and reddish legs. In the Conover Collection of the Field Museum, there is a hypopigmented female specimen of the subspecies atrogularis taken December 20, 1929, at Pucará (west Ecuador).

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Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: desertnaturalist · CC BY 4.0

Dusky-legged Guan

Penelope obscura

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The bird measures an average of 73 centimeters in length and weighs an average of 1.2 kilograms, being very similar in appearance to its smaller relative, the rusty-margined guan (P. supercilliaris).

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Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0

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