Dusky-legged Guan

• The male performs a display flight at dawn in which he produces a drumming whirr with his wings, a mechanical sound that carries through the forest and marks his territory.
• It is an important disperser of large seeds in the Atlantic forest and the yungas, and its disappearance reduces the regeneration of several trees of those forests.
• Its meat is prized and it is one of the first large birds to disappear from a forest under hunting pressure, which makes it a good indicator of conservation status.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

Subtropical forest, yungas cloud forest and gallery forest of south-eastern South America

Sexual maturity

2 years

Gestation / incubation

28 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

3 eggs

Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_obscura

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.