Psophia leucoptera
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The pale-winged trumpeter (Psophia leucoptera), also known as the white-winged trumpeter, is a species of bird in the family Psophiidae. It is found in the western Amazon rainforest of Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. The "ochre-winged" trumpeter is now considered a subspecies of the grey-winged trumpeter (P. crepitans).
The pale-winged trumpeter is a chicken-like bird with a long neck and legs and a hump-backed profile. It is 45 to 52 centimetres (18 to 20 in) long. Males weigh 1.28 to 1.44 kg (2.8 to 3.2 lb) and females 1.18 to 1.32 kg (2.6 to 2.9 lb). The sexes are similar in appearance. Their stout, slightly decurved, bill is grayish with a yellow base and their legs and feet are pale grayish. They are almost entirely black, with a white hindwing and purple, green, and bronze iridescence on the outer wing coverts.
The pale-winged trumpeter is found in the upper Amazon Basin of eastern Peru, northern and central Bolivia, and central-western Brazil south of the Amazon and west of the Rio Madeira. A single record in extreme southeastern Colombia has not been accepted by the South American Classification Committee... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great National Aquarium | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-winged Trumpeter sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 226 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 296th most-seen of the 641 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, September and November–March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-winged Trumpeter in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, June–August and October, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale-winged Trumpeter sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Pale-winged Trumpeter sightings, Manu National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, about 10%).
Same order: Gruiformes
The closest relatives of the Pale-winged Trumpeter that you can see in Manu National Park (order Gruiformes, Cranes, Rails, and Allies) are American Purple Gallinule (about 20%), Limpkin (about 20%) and Gray-cowled Wood-Rail (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale-winged Trumpeter is recorded against all the birds logged in Manu National Park (226 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
