Trinidad Piping-guan (Pipile pipile)

Other Scientific Names
Aburria pipile [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Family
Cracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, Curassows)

Size
69 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Jacquin, 1784)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From 400 - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Trinidad and Tobago.

Trinidad.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 70 - 200 (2010) and decreasing.

Status CR
Hunting, habitat destruction through conversion to agriculture are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Thin piping. During display makes rattling 'whirr' with wings.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Trinidad Piping Guan (Pipile pipile) [XC23854]
by id from Morne Bleu, Trinidad & Tobago (call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Blue-throated Piping-guan (Pipile cumanensis) and Red-throated Piping-guan (Pipile cujubi). All are often treated as conspecific. Black-fronted Piping-guan (Pipile jacutinga) also sometimes included in the superspecies, or even in expanded species, making genus Pipile monospecific.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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