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The blue-throated piping guan is described as "oddly 'prehistoric' (reptilian)" but "handsome". It is 60 to 69 cm (24 to 27 in) long and weighs about 970 to 1,350 g (2.14 to 2.98 lb). Its neck and tail are long, the neck and head disproportionately thin and small and the tail disproportionately long. The sexes are alike. Most of their plumage is blackish with a greenish blue gloss that is strongest on the shoulders, wings, and tail. Their forehead, crown, and nape are white, as are the fringes of their breast feathers.
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When to see the Blue-throated Piping Guan
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Blue-throated Piping Guan
The map shades 10 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Blue-throated Piping Guan
The blue-throated piping guan is a species of bird in subfamily Penelopina of family Cracidae, the guans, chachalacas, and curassows. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, the Guianas, Peru, and Venezuela.
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Easily confused with
Red-throated Piping GuanPipile cujubiThe red-throated piping guan is 69 to 76 cm (2.26 to 2.49 ft) long; P. c. nattereri weighs 1,100 to 1,300 g (2.4 to 2.9 lb).
Black-fronted Piping GuanPipile jacutingaThe black-fronted piping guan is 63.5 to 74 cm (2.08 to 2.43 ft) long and weighs 1,100 to 1,400 g (2.4 to 3.1 lb).
Trinidad Piping GuanPipile pipileThis is a medium-sized cracid, 60 cm in length, and similar in general appearance to a turkey, with a thin neck and small head.
Side by side: Blue-throated Piping Guan vs Red-throated Piping Guan
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