White-winged Guan (Penelope albipennis)
About the White-winged Guan
The white-winged guan (Penelope albipennis) is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae. It is endemic to northwestern Peru. The white-winged guan was originally known from three specimens collected in 1876 and 1877. It was not positively seen again until 1977, though there had been hints of its continued existence in 1969. Surveys from about 1980 on found individuals in many other locations than the 1977 sightings, though still within a small area.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 22 recordings for this species: 16 CC BY-NC-SA · 6 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Peru in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Andean GuanPenelope montagniirecording
- Bearded GuanPenelope barbatarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.