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)
Beautiful bird, dear Danny. You do him justice in your shot. Excellent work. Huggies. DiDi. xx
A wonderful capture... Aloha
Dark birds (or dark animals ) are so difficult to shoot good because the incident of light has no good impact on dark fur or feathers. And you need the perfect light (angle and intensity) to perform it.
"shy" is so attractive isn't it? Beautiful shot Danny.
this is a beautiful shot !
What a curious bird. His shape is interesting and with that longer neck and colorful beak, I find this to be worth reading more about him. The color on the back is intriguing too. Such great information and a really marvelous shot.
Wonderful and beautiful photo my friend....!!
do not recall hearing of this bird. excellent shot
What a lovely capture. I've not seen one of these before. Superb work.
Fantastic capture , excellent photography as usual, Danny!
lovely shot
Beautiful photograph Daniel, the colours are superb, fabulous variations.
Stunning capture my friend.
An interesting little bird and great lighting. CC
wonderfull shot Daniel x f!
What an interesting profile the bird presents. Thanks for the writeup and grats for the getting the capture.
I thought it to be a member of the casuaris family, but I was wrong..beautiful capture Danny.