The Grey-winged Trumpeter (Psophia crepitans) is distributed north of the Amazon River, in Ecuador, Colombia, south Venezuela, north-east Brazil, north-eastern Peru and the Guianas. Locally the species is known as ‘Waracabra‘ Usually found in dense, humid, mature tropical forests, in Guyana they can be found in all habitats except the savannah and mountains.
In appearance, the male and female are similar. Generally the trumpeter is a guinea fowl-like bird with a long neck and legs, and a short chicken-like beak. These features relate trumpeters to rails and cranes. The neck and head are covered in short plush-like black feathers and the secondary feathers end in a long hair-like filament. The neck base is metallic purple, green and bronze. The rest of the plumage is black, except for the ochraceous feather tips of the lower mantle and grey secondary feathers.
Trumpeters are quite gregarious birds. They are usually found in groups of six to eight members with a permanent territory but sometimes they form groups of up to 100. Trumpeters are