Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Trinidad Piping Guan (Pipile pipile), recorded as Critically Endangered
Trinidad Piping Guan (Pipile pipile). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Trinidad Piping Guan

Pipile pipile

The Trinidad piping guan locally known as the pawi, is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae, endemic to the island of Trinidad.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Pipile pipile
CITES
Appendix I
Taxonomy
Aves · Galliformes · Cracidae · Pipile

Appearance

The large crest is blackish, edged with white, and there are large white wing patches. The bare face and wattle are blue, and the legs are red.

This is a medium-sized cracid, 60 cm in length, and similar in general appearance to a turkey, with a thin neck and small head.

Range and habitat

The Trinidad piping guan locally known as the pawi, is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae, endemic to the island of Trinidad. At one time abundant, it has declined in numbers and been extirpated from much of its natural range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated the bird as "critically endangered".

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

The confirmation of small insects being a part of their diet has not been made yet.

In crisis

CITES lists this taxon on Appendix I. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.

Trinidad Piping Guan is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Trinidad Piping Guan, Wikidata item Q212526. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Trinidad Piping Guan?
The Trinidad piping guan locally known as the pawi, is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae, endemic to the island of Trinidad.
What is the conservation status of Trinidad Piping Guan?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Pipile pipile. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Trinidad Piping Guan live?
The Trinidad piping guan locally known as the pawi, is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae, endemic to the island of Trinidad.
Why is Trinidad Piping Guan in crisis?
At one time abundant, it has declined in numbers and been extirpated from much of its natural range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated the bird as "critically endangered".
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Pipile pipile?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Trinidad Piping Guan a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.