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RUSTY-MARGINED GUAN Penelope superciliaris
The most frequently-encountered of the humid forest Cracids, the Rusty-margined Guan is, despite his size, easy to overlook. It is a sociable bird occurring in small flocks, usually at medium heights in the forest canopy and only rarely dropping to the ground. Disturb a flock and you may be startled yourself by the loud dog-like barking calls they produce as they make their escape!
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE1032PH) Adult, Guira Oga, Departamento Misiones (José Luis Cartes undated).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE1033PH) Adult, Itaipú Zoo, Hernandarias, Departamento Alto Paraná (Paul Smith March 2008).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE1034PH) Adult in rehabilitation, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith October 2010).
VIDEO - (FPAVE3893VI) Adult, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith October 2011).
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Penelope superciliaris
1 Alarm calls  from flock recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.