Psophia viridis: Dark-winged Trumpeter

Dark-winged Trumpeter - Psophia viridis
( Spix, 1825 )

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Subspecies:	Unknown
Est. World Population:	U

CITES Status:	NOT LISTED
IUCN Status:	Vulnerable
U.S. ESA Status:	NOT LISTED

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Life Span:	in Captivity

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Habitat:

This is a species of dense lowland moist rainforest. It is highly sensitive to forest fragmentation and anthropogenic disturbance, only occurring in large tracts of mature forest away from human settlement (del Hoyo et al. 2022). It has a diverse diet, including fruit, arthropods, small vertebrates and carrion (Sherman 1996).

Range:

Psophia viridis occurs in southern Amazonian Brazil and extreme north-east Bolivia, in the interfluvial between the Rio Madeira and Rio Tapajós. Major rivers appear to form a hard barrier at the edge of the species' range (Santorelli et al. 2018), and this species is replaced by P. leucoptera to the west of the Madeira and P. dextralis to the east of the Tapajós.

Conservation:

Conservation and research actions underway
No targeted actions are known.

Conservation and research actions proposed
Accurately quantify the population size. Quantify the impact of threats, including habitat loss and hunting, on the population size. Monitor the population trend. Monitor rates of habitat loss.
Expand the protected area network to effectively protect key sites. Effectively manage protected areas, utilising emerging opportunities to finance protected area management with the joint aims of reducing carbon emissions and maximizing biodiversity conservation. Consider habitat restoration and the creation of dispersal corridors. Raise awareness for the species with the aim of reducing deforestation and hunting pressure. Introduce legislation to regulate hunting. Incentivise conservation on private lands through expanding market pressures for sound land management and preventing forest clearance on lands unsuitable for agriculture (Soares-Filho et al. 2006).