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Pipile cumanensis

Photo by obasanmi
June 2006

[edit] Identification

69cm

• Black plumage with greenish gloss
• Large white wing patch
• White flecks on wing coverts and chest
• White patch over eye
• White or buffy nape
• Short white or buffy-white crest
• Pale blue bill, cobalt-blue at tip
• Blue bare flesh on throat
• Red legs

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 2 subspecies:

• P. c. cumanensis:

• Eastern Colombia to Venezuela, the Guianas, western Brazil and Peru

• P. c. grayi:

• South-western Brazil to Bolivia, north-eastern Paraguay and south-eastern Peru

[edit] Habitat

Forest edges, particularly near water.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes fruit and flowers.

[edit] Breeding

It builds a nest of twigs, and the eggs are yellow.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

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