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Pale-winged Trumpeter

Psophia leucoptera

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFruitForestCavity nestLarge · 1.3 kg
Pale-winged Trumpeter (Psophia leucoptera), photo 1
Photo: Arthur Chapman · CC BY 2.0
Pale-winged Trumpeter (Psophia leucoptera), photo 2
Photo: ajvhan · CC BY 2.0
Pale-winged Trumpeter (Psophia leucoptera), photo 3
Photo: Isaac Krone · CC BY 4.0
Pale-winged Trumpeter (Psophia leucoptera), photo 4
Photo: Isaac Krone · CC BY 4.0
Pale-winged Trumpeter (Psophia leucoptera), photo 5
Photo: zookanthos · CC BY 4.0
Pale-winged Trumpeter (Psophia leucoptera), photo 6
Photo: Antonio W. Salas · CC BY 4.0
Pale-winged Trumpeter (Psophia leucoptera), photo 7
Photo: Arthur Chapman · CC BY 2.0
Pale-winged Trumpeter (Psophia leucoptera), photo 8
Photo: ajvhan · CC BY 2.0

ID tip

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. Voice: All trumpeters are highly vocal. The pale-winged trumpeter's song is a low pitched "wuh-wuh-wuh wuh wuh - -". Its alarm call is "loud, harsh 'KRETCH' notes".

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When to see the Pale-winged Trumpeter

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Pale-winged Trumpeter

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Peru Bolivia Brazil

About the Pale-winged Trumpeter

The pale-winged trumpeter, 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.

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Easily confused with

Dark-winged Trumpeter (Psophia viridis) Dark-winged TrumpeterPsophia viridisThe dark-winged trumpeter is a chicken-like bird with a long neck and legs and a hump-backed profile. Grey-winged Trumpeter (Psophia crepitans) Grey-winged TrumpeterPsophia crepitansThe grey-winged trumpeter is a chicken-like bird with a long neck and legs and a hump-backed profile.

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