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Marail guan

Marail guan
Penelope marail - Marail guan.jpg
Marail guan at Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas state, Brazil
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
Genus: Penelope
Species:
P. marail
Binomial name
Penelope marail
Subspecies
  • P. m. jacupeba (Spix, 1825)
  • P. m. marail (PLS Müller, 1776)

The Marail guan (Penelope marail) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. It is found in throughout the Guiana Shield and adjacent northern Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Penelope marail". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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