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Trumpeters

Order: GruiformesDark-winged Trumpeter

Family: Psophiidae

3 species

HABITAT AND RANGE:

rainforests of South America;

DESCRIPTION:

45-50 cm; loose, soft plumage, mostly black; modified tertials and secondaries; bill short, stout, decurved; neck long though often held close to body; wings rounded; tail short, with full tail coverts accentuating distinctive humped profile; legs long;

FOOD:

gregarious foragers in ground litter; terrestrial;

BREEDING:

sexes similar; 6-10 eggs in tree-hole nest, incubation by female, trumpeting calls from male

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(Image taken from Harrison, C. and Alan Greensmith. Birds of the World. DK Publishing: New York, 1993.)