Red-throated piping guan

The red-throated piping guan (Pipile cujubi) is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. It is found in northeastern Bolivia and Brazil, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.[1]

Red-throated piping guan
Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
Genus: Pipile
Species:
P. cujubi
Binomial name
Pipile cujubi
Pelzeln, 1858
Subspecies
  • Pipile c. cujubi (Pelzeln, 1858)
    stripe-crowned piping guan
  • Pipile c. nattereri (Reichenbach, 1861)Natterer's piping guan
Synonyms
  • Penelope cujubi
  • Aburria cujubi

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Pipile cujubi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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