- Pipile cumanensis
Aburria cumanensis
Identification
60–69 cm (23½-27¼ in)
- Black plumage with greenish-blue gloss
- Large white wing patch with a black barring
- White flecks on wing coverts and chest
- White patch over eye
- Dewlap and bare facial skin variable in color, mostly blue but for example black in parts of northwest Brazil
- Buffy nape
- Short white or buffy-white crest
- Pale blue bill, cobalt-blue at tip
- Blue bare flesh on throat
- Red legs
Similar Species
White-throated Piping Guan differs in having a longish wattle that is white, and a cleaner white wing patch without black barring. The white on crest and nape extends further down the neck and has black shaft streaks rather than buffy. Notice that in northern Pantanal and in SE Peru there is hybridization between White-throated and Blue-throated Piping Guans.
Trinidad Piping-Guan which is less black and not so glossy.
Distribution
South America: occurs east of the Andes in Eastern Colombia to Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, western Brazil as well as Eastern Ecuador and Eastern Peru (except southernmost areas).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
This species formerly included White-throated Piping Guan.
Habitat
Forest including edges, particularly near water. Mostly found in lowlands but has been noted up to 1000 m asl in Peru and Venezuela.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet consists of figs and palm fruits, leaves and flowers. Feeding mostly takes place in the canopy. They are often observed at salt and clay licks.
Breeding
It builds a nest of twigs, and the eggs are yellow.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.1)_red. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2016)
- Kirwan, G. M., J. del Hoyo, N. Collar, D. A. Christie, and C. J. Sharpe (2022). Blue-throated Piping-Guan (Pipile cumanensis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (B. K. Keeney, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.butpig1.01
- Arthur Grosset
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Blue-throated Piping Guan. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue-throated_Piping_Guan
External Links
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