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title: "Jacuguaçu"
description: "Penelope obscura — Aves. The dusky-legged guan (Penelope obscura) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/dusky-legged-guan
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Jacuguaçu

> Penelope obscura — Aves. The dusky-legged guan (Penelope obscura) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows.

- Scientific name: *Penelope obscura*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 5952
- Wikidata: [Q1267836](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1267836)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2060](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2060)

## Names

- en: Dusky-legged Guan
- de: Bronzeguan
- es: Pava de Monte Ribereña
- fr: Pénélope yacouhou
- nl: Grijspootsjakohoen
- pt: Jacuguaçu
- pl: Penelopa ciemnonoga

## Countries with the most observations

BR (4516), AR (851), UY (204)

## Summary

The dusky-legged guan (Penelope obscura) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Uruguay, northeastern Argentina and southernmost areas of Paraguay and Brazil. In early 2021, the former subspecies P. o. bridgesi, found in southwestern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina, was elevated to species rank as Yungas guan.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusky-legged_guan

## Photo

![Jacuguaçu](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dusky-legged-guan/medium.jpg)

Photo: filipeprates · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/335421054

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dusky-legged-guan?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).