Pale-winged Trumpeter
The pale-winged trumpeter (Psophia leucoptera), also known as the white-winged trumpeter, is a species of bird in the family Psophiidae. It is found in the western Amazon rainforest of Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. == Taxonomy and systematics == The "ochre-winged" trumpeter is now considered a subspecies of the grey-winged trumpeter (P. crepitans). == Description == The pale-winged trumpeter is a chicken-like bird with a long neck and legs and a hump-backed profile. It is 45 to 52 centimetres (18 to 20 in) long. Males weigh 1.28 to 1.44 kg (2.8 to 3.2 lb) and females 1.18 to 1.32 kg (2.6 to 2.9 lb). The sexes are similar in appearance. Their stout, slightly decurved, bill is grayish with a yellow base and their legs and feet are pale grayish. They are almost entirely black, with a white hindwing and purple, green, and bronze iridescence on the outer wing coverts. == Distribution and habitat == The pale-winged trumpeter is found in the upper Amazon Basin of eastern Peru, northern and central Bolivia, and central-western Brazil south of the Amazon and west of the Rio Madeira. A single record in extreme southeastern Colombia has not been accepted by the South American Classification Committee…
Manu National Park
Manu, Peru
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Where the Andes plunge into the Amazon basin, a wilderness of uncompromising scale unfolds across 1.5 million hectares. Spanning three […]
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San Pedro de Putina Punco, Peru
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Where granite ridges rise above the confluence of Peru’s Río Heath and Río Tambopata, one of the Amazon’s most pristine […]
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