Chan Chich Lodge area
09Mar2019
Crested Guan
Member of an ancient group of birds
of the family Cracidae...noisy,
social, arborieal...often tame.
Penelope purpurascens
(L 33.1-36.0" Wt 3.0-3.9 lbs)
© David L.
Ross, Jr.
Macaulay
Library
flash photo
Penelope in Greek myth is a princess,
daughter of Icarius and wife of
Ulyssess;
purpurascens in Latin means
purplish.
© Wikipedia