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The White-winged Guan (Penelope albipennis) is a bird found in Peru. Found in Peru. It eats fruit and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

🏡 Where the White-winged Guan lives

Found in Peru.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🍎 Fruit50%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants50%

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

Conservation status

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Recorded by Eric DeFonso (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), xeno-canto XC120240. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the White-winged Guan

Where does the White-winged Guan live?

The White-winged Guan lives in Peru. Found in Peru.

What does the White-winged Guan eat?

fruit (about 50%), leaves and other plant parts (about 50%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the White-winged Guan endangered?

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

More birds from South America

• Royal cinclodes
• White-bellied cinclodes
• Apolinar's wren
• Purple-winged ground dove
• Glittering starfrontlet
• Blue-eyed ground dove

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