Crested Guan Costa Rica
by Marlin and Laura Hum
Title
Crested Guan Costa Rica
Artist
Marlin and Laura Hum
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This crested guan perched in a fruiting shrub was photographed in La Fortuna, Costa Rica, Central America.
"Loud honking and yelping cries, or a crashing sound in the subcanopy, often is the first indication of the presence of the large arboreal Crested Guan. The northernmost member of the genus Penelope, Crested Guan ranges from Mexico to south to western Ecuador and to northern Venezuela. Penelope guans are large pheasantlike birds, with a long, thin neck, bluish bare skin on the face, a bare red dewlap on the throat, a short bushy crest, and a long tail. The plumage of these guans in primarily dark brown or blackish, usually with white streaks or scalloping, especially on the underparts. Crested Guan is a large Penelope. Its plumage is blackish brown, strongly glossed with green on the upperparts, head, neck and breast, and more bronzy on the rump and uppertail coverts. The neck, underparts, and back also are streaked with white." (from neotropical.birds.cornell.edu)
Crested Guan Costa Rica has been featured in the following Fine art America groups:
No Place Like Home 04/03/2019
Wild Birds of the World 04/04/2019
Wildlife One a Day 04/04/2019
FAA Portraits-Birds 04/04/2019
Your Story of Art 01/07/2022
10 Plus 01/08/2022
Your Very Best Photography 01/12/2022
Just Perfect 01/15/2022
Hodge Podge 01/17/2022
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April 3rd, 2019
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Comments (26)
William Tasker
Gorgeous capture of yet another interesting find! I enjoyed viewing this fine nature photograph and have featured it on the homepage of the group, Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group. L/F
Jenny Revitz Soper
CONGRATULATIONS! It is my great pleasure to FEATURE your incredible artwork on the homepage of the Artist Group No Place Like Home, 4/03/2019! You are invited to post it in the Group's Features Discussion thread for posterity or any other thread that fits!
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