Pale-winged Trumpeter
Psophia leucoptera
Trumpeters (Psophiidae) · Gruiformes (Gruiformes)
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Often mixed up with
In quizzes, players most often confuse Pale-winged Trumpeter with these birds— either this species was picked by mistake, or the other way around.
| Species | Mix-ups |
|---|---|
| Grey-winged Trumpeter Psophia crepitans | 1 |
Family
Psophia is a genus of birds restricted to the humid forests of the Amazon and Guiana Shield in South America. It is the only genus in the family Psophiidae. Birds in the genus are commonly known as trumpeters, due to the trumpeting or cackling threat call of the males.
Order
The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means 'crane form'. Traditionally, a number of wading and terrestrial bird families that did not seem to belong to any other order were classified together as Gruiformes.