Spix's Guan (Penelope jacquacu)
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About Spix's Guan (Penelope jacquacu)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Turkey-like birds
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
Spix's guan is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. It is "the prototypical cracid of the Amazonian lowlands." The common name commemorates the German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix (1782-1826).
Source: Wikipedia