Chachalacas, Guans and Curassows (Cracidae)
Blue-throated Piping-guan (Pipile cumanensis) - HBW 2, p. 353
French: Pénélope à gorge bleue
German: Blaukehlguan
Spanish: Pava Goliazul
Other common names: Common Piping-guan; White-headed Piping-guan (cumanensis); Gray's Piping-guan (grayi)
Taxonomy: Crax cumanensis Jacquin, 1784, Orinoco River region near Cumaná.
All members of Pipile have been placed in genus Aburria, and previously even in Penelope. Present species forms superspecies with P. pipile, to which it is very closely related, and P. cujubi; all these forms often treated as conspecific, with P. pipile as species name; some authors also include the more distinct P. jacutinga. Race grayi has been considered a separate species, but intergrades with nominate in SE Peru. P. cujubi nattereri has been considered race of present species, but is sympatric with P. cumanensis grayi.. View all taxonomy...
All members of Pipile have been placed in genus Aburria, and previously even in Penelope. Present species forms superspecies with P. pipile, to which it is very closely related, and P. cujubi; all these forms often treated as conspecific, with P. pipile as species name; some authors also include the more distinct P. jacutinga. Race grayi has been considered a separate species, but intergrades with nominate in SE Peru. P. cujubi nattereri has been considered race of present species, but is sympatric with P. cumanensis grayi in S Mato Grosso. Present species has hybridized with Ortalis canicollis in captivity. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cumanensis (Jacquin, 1784) - the Guianas, Venezuela S of R Orinoco, NW Brazil and Amazonian parts of C & E Colombia, E Ecuador and E Peru.
- grayi (Pelzeln, 1870) - SE Peru, Amazonian NC & E Bolivia, SW Brazil and NE Paraguay.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird at the colpa, taking minerals Locality Tambopata Research Center, Tambopata National Park, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp grayi)
Stefan Behrens 2004 5 years ago 47 sec 4.3 -
A bird moving in the vegetation Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (ssp grayi)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 4 years ago 44 sec 4.2 -
A bird feeding in a tree Locality Pixaim River, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp grayi)
Peter Nash 10 September 2005 5 years ago 26 sec 3.5 -
A close-up of the head of a bird. Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 3 years ago 34 sec 3.3 -
in canopy Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp grayi)
Martin Kennewell 6 September 2006 39 weeks ago 27 sec 2
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Dorsal view of a bird on the ground.
Locality Manu Wildlife Center, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp cumanensis)
Joe Tobias 1 January 2006 29 weeks ago 4 -
A bird in a tree.
Locality Cocha Cashu Biological Station, Manu National Park, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp cumanensis)
Joe Tobias 1 February 2004 29 weeks ago 4 -
An individual perched in a tree.
Locality Los Amigos Biological Station (CICRA), Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp cumanensis)
Joe Tobias 1 September 2004 29 weeks ago 3.7 -
A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Embiara Lodge, Aquidauana, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (ssp grayi)
Carmelo López 14 November 2011 16 weeks ago 3.4 -
A bird on a branch at dusk (higher resolution available)
Locality Yutajé, Amazonas State, Venezuela (ssp cumanensis)
Gustavo A. Rodríguez 20 February 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.4 -
A bird perched near bamboo forest. Un ave posada junto al bosque de bambú.
Locality Tambopata Research Center, Tambopata National Park, Madre de Dios Department, Peru
José M. Formentí 1 August 1999 1 year ago 3.3
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