Penelope perspicax
VUVulnerable

Penelope perspicax

Conservation status data sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Decreasing

Population trend

1

Countries

Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC) via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauca_guan

01Classification

Taxonomy & Classification

Kingdom

ANIMALIA

Phylum

CHORDATA

Class

AVES

Order

GALLIFORMES

Family

CRACIDAE

Genus

Penelope

Penelope perspicax belongs to the family CRACIDAE, order GALLIFORMES, within the AVES class.

03Habitat

Habitat & Distribution

Artificial - TerrestrialMajorForestMajor
04Threats

Threats

Housing & urban areas

Ongoing

Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals

Ongoing

Logging & wood harvesting

Ongoing

Roads & railroads

Ongoing
05Conservation

Conservation Actions

Site/area protection
Species management
Species recovery
Ex-situ conservation
06Range

Found in 1 Country

Community

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07Sources

Sources & Attribution

How to Cite

IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS

GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org

This page: SpeciesRadar (2025). Penelope perspicax (Penelope perspicax). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/cauca-guan

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