- Highland Guan
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Highland Guan 
male Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Galliformes Family: Cracidae Genus: Penelopina
Reichenbach, 1861Species: P. nigra Binomial name Penelopina nigra
(Fraser, 1850)The Highland Guan (Penelopina nigra) is a species of bird in the Cracidae family. It is found in the highlands of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, southern Mexico, and Nicaragua.[1]
Male (blue-black) and female (brown)
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Its population has declined much in recent times: Listed as a species of Least Concern in 1994, it was uplisted to Near Threatened in 2000 and, as it was determined to be less common than previously believed, to Vulnerable in the 2007 IUCN Red List.[2]
Footnotes
- ^ Brooks, Daniel M., Laura Cancino & Sergio L. Pereira (eds) (2006) (pdf). Conserving Cracids: The most Threatened Family of Birds in the Americas. Houston Museum of Natural Science. ISBN 0-9668278-2-1. http://www.cracids.org/AP_Engl_ebook.pdf.
- ^ See BirdLife International (2004, 2007a,b).
References
- BirdLife International (2004). Penelopina nigra. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 10 July 2007.
- BirdLife International (2007a): [ 2006-2007 Red List status changes ]. Retrieved 2007-AUG-26.
- BirdLife International (2007b): Highland Guan - BirdLife Species Factsheet. Retrieved 2007-AUG-26.
Categories:- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Cracidae
- Monotypic bird genera
- Galliformes stubs
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