Birds of Chicaque

Andean Guan

The Andean Guan, Penelope montagnii, is a gamefowl species of the family Cracidae, in which it belongs to the guan subfamily Penelopinae. This bird occurs in the highlands (5,000 ft/1,500 m ASL and higher) of the Andes, from Venezuela and Colombia through Ecuador and Peru south to Bolivia and perhaps northwesternmost Argentina.

Colombian Chachalaca

The Colombian Chachalaca (Ortalis columbiana) is a species of bird in the Cracidae family. It is found in forests and woodlands in the inter-Andean valleys in Colombia. It has traditionally been treated as a subspecies of the Speckled Chachalaca.

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