Trinidad piping guan

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Trinidad piping guan

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
Genus: Pipile
Species:
P. pipile
Binomial name
Pipile pipile
(Jacquin, 1784)

The Trinidad piping guan (Pipile pipile) locally known as the pawi,

critically endangered
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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

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