Marail guan

Marail guan
Marail guan at Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas state, Brazil
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
Genus: Penelope
Species:
P. marail
Binomial name
Penelope marail
(Müller, PLS, 1776)
Subspecies
  • P. m. jacupeba (Spix, 1825)
  • P. m. marail (PLS Müller, 1776)

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.