white winged turkey

Inhabited:

The white-winged guan (Penelope albipennis) is a cracid

endemic to the dry forests of northwestern Peru and is

critically threatened with extinction due to hunting and

habitat destruction.

Discovery:

The scientific history of the white-winged guan dates back

to 1876, the year in which the first specimen of the species

was collected by the Polish scientist Jean Stolzman on La

Condesa Island, in the delta of the Tumbes River.

What endangers the white-winged guan?

Is a cracid endemic to the dry forests of

northwestern Peru and is critically threatened with

extinction due to hunting and habitat destruction.

White Winged Turkey Coin

The S/ 1 coin alluding to the Aliblanca Guan

from the numismatic series “Endangered

Wildlife of Peru”, issued by the Central

Reserve Bank of Peru, was chosen as

thebest“Legal Tender Coin of the year 2018”.