Tuesday, September 9, 2014

The Wattled Curassow was present in Trinidad and Tobago!

XICIMFAUNA
XI International Congress on Management of Amazonian and
Latin American Wildlife
                  St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, 17 - 22 August 2014

We participated on the XI CIMFAUNA, held in The University of West Indies, in Trinidad and Tobago, presenting some preliminary data about the population status of the Wattled Curassow in the Lower Purus River. We want to thank you the organization committee of the congress and all trinitarian people: we had a great time!



The island of Trinidad is the home of another rare and very endangered cracid, the Trinidad Piping Guan (Aburria pipile). This species, locally known as "Pawi", is endemic of Trinidad and is considered as "Critically Endangered". You can find more information about this beautiful and threatened species here:  Pawi Study Group Website

Enjoy a marvelous painting of the Trinidad Piping-guan, done by Edward Rocks, and a picture of its habitat, taken in the National Park Marupa.





(All pictures taken by B. Marioni)

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