Chan Chich Lodge area
            
               09Mar2019
          
         
         
            
               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
          
         
         
            
               Penelope in Greek myth is a princess,
               daughter of Icarius and wife of
               Ulyssess; purpurascens in Latin means
               purplish.