Long-wattled Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger)

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 19,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction and degradation through logging, small-scale agriculture, illegal coca plantations, gold mining and hunting are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Palm-nuts, insects, amphibians and reptiles.

Voice
Generally silent, but displaying males grunt.

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Long-wattled Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger) [XC63239]
by Jerome Fischer from Bilsa Research Station, Ecuador (song)

Long-wattled Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger) [XC46120]
by Juan Freile from Esmeraldas: Reserva Jatun Sacha de Bilsa, Ecuador (call, booming calls)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

May form a superspecies with Bare-necked Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus glabricollis) and Amazonian Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus ornatus) and all three suggested by some as being possibly conspecific, but this considered unlikely.

References
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