Dusky-legged Guan
Penelope obscura
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,439
- Most observed in
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The dusky-legged guan (Penelope obscura) 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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Dusky-legged guan”.