Gruiformes

Trumpeters (Psophiidae)

HBW 3, p. 96 Learn more about the Handbook of the Birds of the World - Volume 3 on the Lynx Edicions website.

• Medium-sized terrestrial birds, with fairly long neck and legs, short, stout bill and hump-backed appearance.
• N South America.
• Dense tropical forest.
• 1 genus, 3 species, 7 taxa.
• 1 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.