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Aburria aburri

Photo by Oregonian
Photo taken: Otun Quimbaya, near Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.

[edit] Identification

72-78 cm. All black, long slender red and yellow wattle hangs from throat, legs yellow, bill blue.

[edit] Distribution

North-west Venezuela (very rare), Colombia, Ecuador to southern Peru.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

[edit] Habitat

Wet montane forest, forest edge and and tall secondary growth.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes fruit.

This species has a unique whirring song.

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