Trumpeter Bird by danob
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Description
I have attempted to capture this shy bird on several occasions, for some reason the light was never quite right to show off it's colours well.
Side lighting on this occasion proved a little better.
The Grey-winged Trumpeter (Psophia crepitans) is a member of a small family of birds, the Psophiidae, which occur only in the Amazon basin in tropical South America. There are three trumpeter species, all in the genus Psophia, the other two being the Pale-winged Trumpeter and the Dark-winged Trumpeter.
The Grey-winged Trumpeter is found north of the Amazon River in Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and northeastern Peru.
This is a dumpy, guineafowl-like bird with a long neck and legs, and short yellow chicken-like bill. It is 48-56 cm long and 1.3 kg in weight. The soft plumage is mainly black, but the feathers of the inner wing are grey. Offset by a beautifu blue markings on the lower neck feathers.
These are gregarious forest birds which nest in hollow trees, laying 3-4 white eggs that are incubated by all members of a group of five or more birds. When not breeding, the flocks may number 50 or more. Their food is insects and fruit, picked off the ground. They are weak fliers, and will run by preference.
Comments (47)
Wonderful "shy" bird!!! Excellent composition, my friend!!!
fantastic photo and picture!!!!
What a beautiful little bird
Very nice shot!
Gorgeous bird Danny! I love that blue shining feathers! Fascinating narrative too!!! :))
beautiful capture and wonderful colors Dan.
Wonderful capture!!
love the capture and beautiful creature..!!!
excellent image!
How lovely feathers, very nice details Danny ;O)
He does actually look shy. If he was a person he would never go to parties.
Great portrait, very well done!!
Excellent shot, fantastic colors and details
Love how your pov captures the sheen of the feathers. Fine shot my friend.
beautiful bird and compo!
wonderful picture!!
Beautiful photoshot my friend, excellent capture.
Awesome capture Danny.
Beautiful work Danny!
Amazing capture of this shy fellow.. colours look great especially the blue on the front there.. Excellent!!
Wonderful capture. Love the purple feathers and how fascinating to see a feathers on a back turn to dark from light.
excellent shot, fantastic capture!
Cool bird!
Another artful capture Danny, your persistence paid off well!!!
Great capture of him this time Danny as the light is perfect to show us just how colorful this little guy is
A new bird for my memory banks Dan. I like your POV and can readily identify with lighting problems. When the light isn't right feather detail just doesn't come across. You have this licked at the zoom here! Very, very good.
A very beautiful capture of this lovely bird.
Great shot of this beautiful bird!
Wonderful photo. Very interesting info about this bird.
Wonderful!