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Aburria pipile (Trinidad piping guan)

Synonyms: Crax pipile; Pipile pipile

Wikipedia Abstract

The Trinidad Piping Guan (Pipile pipile) is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae. This species is found only in Trinidad; it is close to extinction. They are large birds, 60 cm in length, and similar in general appearance to turkeys, with thin necks and small heads. They are forest birds, and the nest is built in a tree. Three large white eggs are laid, the female alone incubating. This arboreal species feeds on fruit and berries.
View Wikipedia Record: Aburria pipile

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Aburria pipile

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.65 lbs (1.20 kg)
Clutch Size [2]  2

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Alta Paraná Atlantic forests Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Humid Chaco Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Trinidad and Tobago moist forests Trinidad and Tobago Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Bahuaja-Sonene National Park II 2716956 Madre de Dios (Puerto Maldonado), Peru  
Central Range Wildlife Sanctuary Game Sanctuary IV 5320 Trinidad and Tobago  
Estacion Biologica Beni Biosphere Reserve VI 335178 Bolivia  
Madidi National Park II 3194501 Bolivia  
Maracá Ecological Reserve Ia 257554 Roraima, Brazil  
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park II 4006523 Bolivia  
Otishi National Park 760925 Peru  
Reserva Cuzco Amazonico   Peru        

Important Bird Areas

BirdLife Species Factsheet: View Factsheet
Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Northern Range Trinidad and Tobago A1, A2, A3  
Victoria-Mayaro Forest Reserve Trinidad and Tobago A1, A2, A3

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Northern Range Trinidad and Tobago  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay No

Prey / Diet

Ficus pertusa[1]
Virola calophylla (virola)[3]
Virola flexuosa[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Artibeus jamaicensis (Jamaican fruit-eating bat)1
Artibeus lituratus (great fruit-eating bat)1
Ateles belzebuth (white-bellied spider monkey)1
Ateles paniscus (black spider monkey)2
Attila spadiceus (Bright-rumped Attila)1
Aulacorhynchus prasinus (Emerald Toucanet)1
Baryphthengus martii (Rufous Motmot)1
Brotogeris cyanoptera (Cobalt-winged Parakeet)1
Callicebus moloch (red-bellied titi monkey)1
Catharus aurantiirostris (Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush)1
Cebus albifrons (white-fronted capuchin)1
Cebus apella (brown capuchin)1
Chlorophanes spiza (Green Honeycreeper)1
Chlorophonia cyanea (Blue-naped Chlorophonia)1
Chlorospingus ophthalmicus (Common Bush-Tanager)1
Cyanerpes cyaneus (Red-legged Honeycreeper)1
Dacnis lineata (Black-faced Dacnis)1
Dryocopus lineatus (Lineated Woodpecker)1
Elaenia flavogaster (Yellow-bellied Elaenia)1
Euphonia chrysopasta (White-lored Euphonia)1
Euphonia laniirostris (Thick-billed Euphonia)1
Euphonia minuta (White-vented Euphonia)1
Euphonia rufiventris (Rufous-bellied Euphonia)1
Euphonia xanthogaster (Orange-bellied Euphonia)1
Icterus galbula (Northern Oriole)1
Iodopleura isabellae (White-browed Purpletuft)1
Lagothrix lagotricha (Humboldt's woolly monkey)2
Lanio versicolor (White-winged Shrike-Tanager)1
Lepidothrix coronata (Blue-crowned Manakin)1
Lipaugus vociferans (Screaming Piha)1
Mionectes oleagineus (Ochre-bellied Flycatcher)1
Momotus momota (Blue-crowned Motmot)1
Myiarchus tuberculifer (Dusky-capped Flycatcher)1
Myiodynastes luteiventris (Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher)1
Myiopagis gaimardii (Forest Elaenia)1
Myiozetetes similis (Social Flycatcher)1
Patagioenas plumbea (Plumbeous Pigeon)1
Penelope jacquacu (Spix's Guan)1
Pheucticus ludovicianus (Rose-breasted Grosbeak)1
Pipra fasciicauda (Band-tailed Manakin)1
Psarocolius decumanus (Crested Oropendola)1
Psophia leucoptera (Pale-winged Trumpeter)1
Pteroglossus azara (Ivory-billed Aracari)2
Pteroglossus beauharnaesii (Curl-crested Aracari)2
Pteroglossus pluricinctus (Many-banded Aracari)1
Pyrrhura picta (Painted Parakeet)1
Pyrrhura rupicola (Black-capped Parakeet)1
Querula purpurata (Purple-throated Fruitcrow)1
Ramphastos tucanus (White-throated Toucan)1
Ramphastos vitellinus (Channel-billed Toucan)1
Saguinus imperator (emperor tamarin)1
Saimiri sciureus (South American squirrel monkey)1
Saltator maximus (Buff-throated Saltator)1
Selenidera reinwardtii (Golden-collared Toucanet)2
Tachyphonus rufiventer (Yellow-crested Tanager)1
Tangara callophrys (Opal-crowned Tanager)1
Tangara chilensis (Paradise Tanager)1
Tangara mexicana (Turquoise Tanager)1
Tangara nigrocincta (Masked Tanager)1
Tangara schrankii (Green-and-gold Tanager)1
Thraupis episcopus (Blue-grey Tanager)1
Tityra semifasciata (Masked Tityra)1
Trogon collaris (Collared Trogon)1
Trogon melanurus (Black-tailed Trogon)2
Turdus albicollis (White-necked Thrush)1
Turdus hauxwelli (Hauxwell's Thrush)1
Turdus ignobilis (Black-billed Thrush)1
Tyranneutes stolzmanni (Dwarf Tyranneutes)1
Tyrannus dominicensis (Grey Kingbird)1
Tyrannus savana (Fork-tailed Flycatcher)1
Vireo olivaceus (Red-eyed Vireo)1

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

    Maps
Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Apenheul Primate Parkgrayi
Aquarium & Rainforest at Moody Gardenscumanensis
Bird Park Marlowcumanensis
Blackpool Zoo
Burger's Zoograyi
Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens
Denver Zoological Gardenscumanensis
Dierenpark 'De Vleut' (Zoo Best)
 grayi
Ellen Trout Zoocumanensis
Fresno Chaffee Zoocumanensis
GaiaPark, Kerkrade Zoocumanensis
 grayi
Harewood Bird Garden at Leeds
Jacksonville Zoo and Gardenscumanensis
Jardim Zoologico / Lisbon Zoocumanensis
Jardin Zoologico Y Botanico De LaPlatacumanensis
Lotherton Bird Garden
Mesker Park Zoocumanensis
Miller Park Zoo
 cumanensis
Nashville Zoo at Grassmerecumanensis
Parc Merveilleuxcumanensis
Parque De Animales Silvestres Temaikèncumanensis
Parque Ornitologico de Lourosacumanensis
Parque Zoologico Huachipa
Parque Zoologico Santa Fepipile
Saint Louis Zoological Parkcumanensis
Topeka Zoological Park
 cumanensis
Toronto Zoocumanensis
Ueno Zoological Gardens
Wildlife World Zoo
 cumanensis
Zoo Santo Inácio Vila Nova de Gaiagrayi
Zoologischer Garten Halle GmbHcumanensis
Zoologischer Garten Magdeburgcumanensis

Distribution

Caribbean;

External References

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Citations

Species recognized by , , ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Endangered Status provided by IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2 <www.iucnredlist.org> Downloaded on 11 April 2013.
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Frugivores at a fruiting Ficus in south-eastern Peru, Jose G. Tello, Journal of Tropical Ecology (2003) 19:717–721. ♦ 2Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 3Russo, SE 2003. Responses of dispersal agents to tree and fruit traits in Virola calophylla (Myristicaceae): Implications for selection Oecologia 136:80–87 ♦ 4Holbrook, KM, and BA Loiselle. 2009. Dispersal in a neotropical tree, Virola flexuosa (Myristicaceae): Does hunting of large vertebrates limit seed removal? Ecology 90: 1449–1455
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Important Bird Areas provided by BirdLife International (2010) Important Bird Areas. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/12/2010
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011