Gray-winged Trumpeter - BirdForum Opus

Photo by rdavis
ExplorNapo Lodge, Napo River drainage, north-eastern Peru, March 2013

Psophia crepitans

Indentification

45–52 cm

• Mostly black
• Grey wings

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil

Taxonomy

This species is allopatric with the Pale-winged Trumpeter, P. leucoptera.

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• P. c. napensis:

• South-eastern Colombia to north-eastern Peru and extreme north-western Brazil

• P. c. crepitans:

• Eastern Colombia to Venezuela, the Guianas and northern Brazil

• P. c. ochroptera:

• Northwest Brazil north of the Amazon and west of Rio Negro

ochroptera was formerly regarded as subspecie of Pale-winged Trumpeter.

Habitat

Humid forests. Often seen near human habitation.

Behaviour

Diet

They eat most ripe fruit.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Gray-winged Trumpeter. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Gray-winged_Trumpeter

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