Trumpeters - gruiformes bird belonging to the family Psophiidae and included in the single genus Psophia.They live in the Amazon.Such an unusual name given for the males emitted a cry that is associated with the sound of the pipe.
trumpeter bird is the size of a chicken.Its body length rarely exceeding 50 cm, and the weight is close to 1 kg.Head small, elongated neck.The back is arched, the tail is shorter.Beak short, bent down, sharp.Several awkward kind of give it a rounded feathers.The legs are long with a high back with your finger.
Color plumage is dark, but a different color the inside of the wings caused the dividing them into three types: serospinny trumpeter, trumpeter zelenokryly, white-winged trumpeter.Chicks of all species in hatching are black and brown feathers, which is only 1.5 months later, changes to the characteristic type of plumage.
flies reluctantly bird trumpeter.She prefers to eat in the lower tier of the forest.Pieces of fruit, nuts, uronennye monkeys, parrots and other inhabitants of the upper layers of the forest, as well as various insects and their larvae up her diet.
Birds on the way of life are public, move in search of food groups and 12 individuals.During the dry season, they can walk on the vast territory.Often it happens meeting relatives, who together run the entire group quickly and quietly.Having become acquainted publish typical loud sounds, flap their wings, screaming.The fight lasts as long as the weaker group will not run away.
In groups of these birds developed hierarchy.The weaker individual crouches, going to the dominant, and the back slightly cringe wings.Leader periodically require food, which he willingly bring subordinates.In his spare time searching for food group members can arrange imaginary fights, wings flapping, create simulating attacks.Night bird trumpeter carries on the tree.After some intervals occur perekriki members of the group, indicating that the procedure on their territory.
As social organization trumpeter bird differs from many representatives of birds.By the cooperative polyandry, t. E. The dominant female cohabitation with a few strong males resulted in their nature.In this mode of existence is much more likely to keep the offspring from predators.
Approximately 60 days prior to laying eggs begin courtship.Bird squad gruiformes puzzled searching for places to nest.It usually settles on the branches of large fork or a highly placed a hollow tree.Strong males begin the ritual feeding dominant females and vytantsovyvaetsya in front of her.Between them is a competition for the right to possession.After making your selection, the female turns his back, demonstrating a willingness to copulate.
eggs per clutch is approximately 3.Periodic exercise incubating female and all male group.This period lasts about 27 days.Eaglets initially completely dependent on adults.
Interesting fact: trumpeter zolotogrudy bird that lives in Africa, is able to produce sounds similar to drumming.Since it is easily tamed, the natives of those places began to use it with the purpose of the watchdog.
