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The 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). Both subspecies are black overall with black-and-white patches on the wings, a shaggy white crest, white speckles on the breast, bare pale blue skin on the face, and a red gular patch. The nominate subspecies is glossier than P. c. nattereri, with a blue sheen, and the white wing patches are smaller.
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When to see the Red-throated Piping Guan
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Red-throated Piping Guan
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Red-throated Piping Guan
The red-throated piping guan is a species of bird in the chachalaca, guan, and curassow family Cracidae. It is found in Bolivia and Brazil.
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Easily confused with
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.
White-throated Piping GuanPipile grayiThe white-throated piping guan is 60 to 69 cm (24 to 27 in) long.
Side by side: Blue-throated Piping Guan vs Red-throated Piping Guan
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