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Andean guan        Images © Mark A. Chappell

Guans and chachalacas are vaguely chicken-like birds from Central and South America, living in forests and other dense vegetation and often making their presence know with their loud calls.   There are several species of guans; this is the Andean guan from high-altitude cloud forests.   The pictures were taken near Wayqecha Station on the Manu Road in southeastern Peru (about 3000 m above sea level), and on the slopes of Los Nevados volcano near Manizales, Colombia.

  • Canon 7D or 7D2; 500 mm IS lens with 1.4X converter or 800 mm IS lens, fill-in flash (2012, 2015)