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Baudo Guan

Penelope ortoni

The Baudo Guan (Penelope ortoni) is a bird found in Colombia and Ecuador. Found in Colombia and Ecuador. It eats fruit and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific namePenelope ortoni
RegionSouth America
Found inColombia and Ecuador

🏡 Where the Baudo Guan lives

Found in Colombia and Ecuador.

🍽️ What it eats

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.
💡 It weighs about 1.2 kilograms. It mostly eats fruit.

Hear the Baudo Guan

Recorded by Patricio Mena Valenzuela (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC752689. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Baudo Guan

Where does the Baudo Guan live?

The Baudo Guan lives in Colombia and Ecuador. Found in Colombia and Ecuador.

What does the Baudo Guan eat?

fruit (about 80%), leaves and other plant parts (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Baudo Guan endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.