Pipile cumanensis
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The blue-throated piping guan (Pipile cumanensis) is a species of bird in subfamily Penelopina of family Cracidae, the guans, chachalacas, and curassows. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, the Guianas, Peru, and Venezuela.
The genus Pipile has been treated as including anywhere from one to five species depending on the criteria used by the various authors and taxonomic systems. At various times from one to four of them have been treated as subspecies of the Trinidad piping guan (P. pipile). By early 2023, major worldwide taxonomic systems had settled on five species including the white-throated piping guan (P. grayi), which had been considered a subspecies of the blue-throated. The blue-throated piping guan is now monotypic according to the worldwide systems. However, the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society retains the white-throated piping guan as a subspecies of the blue-throated.
The blue-throated piping guan is described as "oddly 'prehistoric' (reptilian)" but "handsome". It is 60 to 69 cm (24 to 27 in) long and weighs about 970 to 1,350 g (2.14 to 2.98 lb). Its neck and... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 3 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 6 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 7 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leipzig Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Parque das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Paris Zoological Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Aquarium du palais de la Porte Dorée | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Phoenix Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Wildlife World Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | São Paulo Zoo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Berlin Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 9 | Temaikén | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 10 | Zoologischer Garten Leipzig | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 11 | Bioparque Municipal Vesty Pakos | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 12 | Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Fresno Chaffee Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Bird Paradise | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 15 | Rainforest Wild Asia | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 16 | Vogelpark Avifauna | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 17 | Aviario Nacional de Colombia | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 18 | Bioparque Los Ocarros | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 19 | Bird Park Steinen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 20 | Zoo Lagos | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 21 | Zoo de Lourosa | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 22 | Haus des Meeres | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 23 | Aquarium Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 24 | Bird Kingdom | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-throated Piping-Guan sighting in Yasuní National Park on a given day, based on 1,096 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 35th most-seen of the 533 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, August and November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-throated Piping-Guan in Yasuní National Park on a given day, against about 20% in January and March–April, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-throated Piping-Guan sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Blue-throated Piping-Guan sightings, Yasuní National Park ranks 4th at about 30%. The best odds are in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 60%), Amboró National Park (Bolivia, about 50%) and Manu National Park (Peru, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Cracidae
The closest relatives of the Blue-throated Piping-Guan that you can see in Yasuní National Park (family Cracidae, Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows) are Speckled Chachalaca (about 40%), Spix's Guan (about 20%) and Salvin's Curassow (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-throated Piping-Guan is recorded against all the birds logged in Yasuní National Park (1,096 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.
