- CHARACTERISTICS
- It has a rounded body, with long legs and neck. The neck is well feathered and dark in colour with violet and green iridescence. The wings are short, and being folded, make the body look bigger.
There is no sexual dimorphism.
They are gregarious animals, forming groups of up to 100 individuals. Although they are terrestrial, they tend to sleep in the branches of a tree that will protect them from their predators.
- DIET
- Termites, insects, spiders, centipedes and varied fruit.
- REPRODUCTION
- Little is known about the incubation, although it is thought they nest in tree hollows, in which only the female incubates 7 white eggs.
- CURIOSITIES
- Their call is very characteristic and easily distinguishable. They are happily kept close to human constructions due to their skill in catching snakes.
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- NAME
- Grey-winged Trumpeter
- HABITAT
- South America, bushy and humid forests
- SCIENTIFIC NAME
- Psophia crepitans
- SPICE
- Poultry
- DIET
- Omnivorous
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