---
title: "Jacu-de-spix"
description: "Penelope jacquacu — Aves. Spix's guan (Penelope jacquacu) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/spix-s-guan
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Jacu-de-spix

> Penelope jacquacu — Aves. Spix's guan (Penelope jacquacu) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae.

- Scientific name: *Penelope jacquacu*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 1538
- Wikidata: [Q948701](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q948701)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2073](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2073)

## Names

- en: Spix's Guan
- de: Spixguan
- es: Pava amazónica
- fr: Pénélope de Spix
- nl: Spix' sjakohoen
- pt: Jacu-de-spix
- pl: Penelopa zielonawa

## Countries with the most observations

PE (207), EC (102), BR (92), CO (54), BO (33), GY (15)

## Summary

Spix's guan (Penelope jacquacu) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. It is "the prototypical cracid of the Amazonian lowlands." The common name commemorates the German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix (1782-1826).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spix%27s_guan

## Photo

![Jacu-de-spix](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spix-s-guan/medium.jpg)

Photo: russnamitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/241299279

## Machine access

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