Re: [aroid-l] From Peru

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From: Ricardo Sander <rsander@racsa.co.cr>
To: <aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu>
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [aroid-l] From Peru


Dear Ricardo,

I believe the birds you are observing may be the ocellated turkey, only the
second species of turkey (the barn-yard turkey is a domesticated
Mexican/Central American species of 'regular' turkey, about 7 other
sub-species of 'regular' turkeys are discribed from N. America.   The
Mexican/Central American ocellated turkey, though closely related to the
'barnyard' turkey, has never been domesticated and is very different!    Or
you may be talking about one of the curacaos, a larger blacker group of
birds, still related to turkeys and chickens.   The guans I mentioned are
another family, but also distantly related to chickens and turkeys.    They
are probably known as 'chacalakas' or soemsuch in your Country based on the
loud early morning/evening calls of the group.

Julius

>>Hi Julius,

I see these rare guans sometimes on the trees around our house. Big black
birds with blue peaks. They are like turkeys and have a hard time flying.
So no wonder there are almost none left. If you can throw a rock you got a
meal.

Ricardo Sander

Monteverde
Costa Rica
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