Trinidad piping guan
Trinidad piping guan | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Cracidae |
Genus: | Pipile |
Species: | P. pipile
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Binomial name | |
Pipile pipile (Jacquin, 1784)
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The Trinidad piping guan (Pipile pipile) locally known as the pawi,critically endangered".
Description
This is a medium-sized
cracid, 60 cm in length, and similar in general appearance to a turkey, with a thin neck and small head. It is mainly black with a purple gloss. The large crest is blackish, edged with white, and there are large white wing patches. The bare face and wattle
are blue, and the legs are red.
The Trinidad piping guan's call is a thin piping. The wings whirr in flight.
Ecology
They are
arboreal species feeds on fruit and berries (such as those from the fragrant nutmeg and baboonwood),[4] as well as flowers and leaves.[1] The confirmation of small insects being a part of their diet has not been made yet.[4]
Taxonomy
Data confirms that the other blue-wattled species, the
Orinoco River [region] near Cumaná" (del Hoyo 1994a,b). This locality has usually been considered erroneous. However, as it indicates an area on the mainland roughly opposite Trinidad, it might actually be correct and indicate that the Trinidad piping guan was not extirpated from Venezuela
until around 1800. In South America, the form cumanensis has a greenish gloss to the plumage, a white face and crest, and a blue wattle, cujubi has a blue face and a red wattle, and jacutinga has a black face and a red wattle."
Status
This species is found only in
critically endangered".[1]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "The Trinidad Piping-guan, Pipile pipile, known locally as the Pawi, is a mediumsized species belonging to the new world family Cracidae" (PDF). EMA T&T. EMA T&T. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
- ^ a b https://sta.uwi.edu/fst/lifesciences/sites/default/files/lifesciences/documents/ogatt/Pipile_pipile%20-%20Trinidad%20Piping-guan%20or%20Pawi.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- del Hoyo, Josep (1994a): 28. Trinidad Piping-guan. In: del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew & Sargatal, Jordi (editors) ISBN 84-87334-15-6
- del Hoyo, Josep (1994a): 29. Blue-throated Piping-guan. In: del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew & Sargatal, Jordi (editors) ISBN 84-87334-15-6
- ffrench, Richard; O'Neill, John Patton & Eckelberry, Don R. (1991): A guide to the birds of Trinidad and Tobago (2nd edition). Comstock Publishing, Ithaca, N.Y.. ISBN 0-8014-9792-2
- Grau, Erwin T.; Pereira, Sérgio Luiz; Silveira, Luís Fábio; Höfling, Elizabeth & Wanjtal, Anita (2005): Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of Neotropical piping guans (Aves: Galliformes): Pipile Bonaparte, 1856 is synonym of Aburria Reichenbach, 1853. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35: 637–645.
- Hilty, Steven L. (2003): Birds of Venezuela. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0-7136-6418-5
External links
- BirdLife Species Factsheet.
- ARKive: images and movies of the Trinidad piping guan (Aburria pipile). Retrieved 2007-FEB-26.