Psophia

Psophia is a genus of large, ground-dwelling birds native to South American rainforests. Its members, called trumpeters, are the living representatives of the family Psophiidae.

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Psophiidae: Psophiidae is the bird family comprising the trumpeters of South America. This family contains Psophia and places the genus among gruiform birds.
Cooperative breeding: Cooperative breeding is a social system in which individuals help raise offspring they did not produce. Trumpeters live in groups where nonbreeding members can assist with care of young.
Cariamidae: Cariamidae is the bird family comprising the two species of seriemas native to South America. Seriemas are another distinctive South American gruiform family, separate from Psophiidae.
Grey-winged trumpeter: The grey-winged trumpeter is a species of Psophia found in parts of the western Amazon Basin. It is one of the genus’s recognized species and illustrates its Amazonian range.
Gruiformes: Gruiformes is an order of birds that includes cranes, rails, and trumpeters. Psophia belongs to this broader order, though its members are not crane-like in appearance.
Seed dispersal: Seed dispersal is the movement of seeds away from the parent plant by animals, wind, or other agents. By eating fruit and moving through forests, trumpeters can carry seeds away from parent plants.
Gruidae: Gruidae is the family of large, long-legged birds known as cranes. Cranes and trumpeters both belong to Gruiformes but differ in family and body form.
Pale-winged trumpeter: The pale-winged trumpeter is a species of Psophia native to northern South America. Its range and pale wing markings distinguish it from other trumpeters.
Trumpeter (bird): A trumpeter is a large, social, ground-dwelling bird of the genus Psophia. This common name is applied to the genus’s species.
Understory: The understory is the layer of vegetation beneath a forest canopy and above the forest floor. Trumpeters forage and move through this dense forest layer.