Back غوان كاوكا Arabic غوان كاوكا ARZ Penelope perspicax Bulgarian Guan del Cauca Catalan Penelope perspicax CEB Gwân Cauca Welsh Caucaguan German Kaŭka penelopo Esperanto Penelope perspicax Spanish Penelope perspicax Basque
| Cauca guan | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Cracidae |
| Genus: | Penelope |
| Species: | P. perspicax
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| Penelope perspicax Bangs, 1911
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The Cauca guan (Penelope perspicax) is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family, Cracidae. It is a large guan, and like most guans leads a mostly arboreal life in humid forests, where it forages for fruit and leaves. The Cauca guan is endemic to Colombia's Cauca River valley.
In Spanish the bird is called pava caucana.[2][3]
- ^ BirdLife International (2021). "Penelope perspicax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22678379A188319595. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Renjifo, Luis Miguel; Amaya-Villareal, Ángela María; Burbano-Girón, Jaime; Velásquez-Tibatá, Jorge (2016). Libro rojo de aves de Colombia: Volumen 1 (1. ed.). Bogotá, D.C.: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá. ISBN 978-958-716-980-5.
- ^ Uribe Restrepo, Daniel. "Pava Caucana". Banco de la República Biblioteca virtual (in Spanish). Banco de la República. Retrieved 18 February 2021.