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Marail Guan

Penelope marail

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Cracidae

The marail guan or Cayenne guan (Penelope marail) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Taxonomy and systematics The marail guan was formally described in 1776 by the German zoologist Philipp Statius Müller under the binomial name Phasianus marail.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 431