White-winged guan
Penelope albipennis Taczanowski, 1878
The white-winged guan (Penelope albipennis) is a species in the family Cracidae, order Galliformes. Recorded adults weigh about 1.75 kg. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.
Quick facts about the white-winged guan
- Weight
- 1.75 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- woodlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the white-winged guan live?
Not recorded
What is the white-winged guan?
The white-winged guan (Penelope albipennis) is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae. It is endemic to northwestern Peru.
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What does the white-winged guan sound like?
Is the white-winged guan endangered?
The white-winged guan is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Endangered species. What the categories mean.
How is the white-winged guan classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderGalliformes
- familyCracidae
- genusPenelope
- SpeciesPenelope albipennis Taczanowski, 1878
Other names and names in other languages (32)
- غوان أبيض الأجنحةArabic
- guan alablancCatalan
- Guan ala-blancCatalan
- guan bělokřídlýCzech
- gwân adeinwynWelsh
- Hvidvinget PenelopehøneDanish
- WeißschwingenguanGerman
- blankflugila penelopoEsperanto
- Blankaflugila penelopoEsperanto
- Pava aliblancaSpanish
- Pava de Ala BlancaSpanish
- valgetiib-lotthokoEstonian
- perunsakuFinnish
- Pénélope à ailes blanchesFrench
- bjelokrili guanCroatian
- fehérszárnyú sakutyúkHungarian
- Guan alibiancheItalian
- ハジロシャクケイJapanese
- baltasparnė penelopėLithuanian
- WitvleugelsjakohoenDutch
- hvitvingehokkoNorwegian
- penelopa białoskrzydłaPolish
- guano-d'asa-brancaPortuguese
- jacu-de-asa-brancaPortuguese
- jacu-de-asas-brancasPortuguese
- Белокрылая пенелопаRussian
- šuan bielokrídlySlovak
- Belokrili guanSerbian
- vitvingad guanSwedish
- Ak Kanatlı GuanTurkish
- пенелопа білокрилаUkrainian
- 白翅冠雉Chinese
Relatives of the white-winged guan
Other species in the same genus Penelope.
Spix's guan
Penelope jacquacu
Crested guan
Penelope purpurascens
Andean guan
Penelope montagnii
Cauca guan
Penelope perspicax
Red-faced guan
Penelope dabbenei
Band-tailed guan
Penelope argyrotis
CompareWhite-winged guan vs Spix's guanWhite-winged guan vs Crested guanWhite-winged guan vs Andean guanWhite-winged guan vs Cauca guan
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the white-winged guan?
An adult white-winged guan weighs 1.75 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the white-winged guan endangered?
The white-winged guan is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
What kind of animal is the white-winged guan?
The white-winged guan (Penelope albipennis) belongs to the family Cracidae in the order Galliformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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