Species profile
Bearded Guan
Penelope barbata
Quick answer
Andes of southern Ecuador (but not on the east slope) and in the western Andes of northwestern Peru
- Scientific name
- Penelope barbata
- Family
- Cracidae
- Order
- Galliformes
- Genus
- Penelope
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
Recording Bearded Guan in your journal
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