Dusky-legged Guan

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When to see the Dusky-legged Guan

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Dusky-legged Guan

The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia, Bolivia.

About the Dusky-legged Guan

The dusky-legged guan is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Uruguay, northeastern Argentina and southernmost areas of Paraguay and Brazil. In early 2021, the former subspecies P. o. bridgesi, found in southwestern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina, was elevated to species rank as Yungas guan.

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Easily confused with

Andean GuanPenelope montagniiThese 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). Spix's GuanPenelope jacquacuThe four subspecies of Spix's guan differ in weight and plumage, and there are intergrades between them. Band-tailed GuanPenelope argyrotisThe band-tailed guan is 50 to 61 cm (1.6 to 2.0 ft) long.

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