Taxonomy of Aburria Reichenbach, 1853 (Aves, Galliformes, Cracidae) based on morphological characters
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https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2026.66.014Keywords:
Neotropics, Pipile, Piping guans, South America, Wattled guanAbstract
Within the South American Cracidae, the genus Aburria Reichenbach, 1853 is considered monotypic, while the closely related Pipile Bonaparte, 1856 contains up to five species accepted by some authors. That classification stands even though genetic and morphological studies have demonstrated that Pipile is rendered paraphyletic by Aburria. We provide an assessment of the status of those two genera and their species and subspecies based on morphological (plumage and morphometrics) and zoogeographical evidence. Pipile is a junior synonym of Aburria, and, based on the analysis of 305 specimens deposited in museums worldwide, 2,388 photos from citizen science databases, and 250 additional field records, we found consistent and unambiguous diagnostic characters for recognizing seven species of Aburria: A. aburri (Lesson, 1828), A. cujubi (Pelzeln, 1858), A. cumanensis (Jacquin, 1784), A. grayi (Pelzeln, 1870), A. jacutinga (Spix, 1825), A. nattereri (Reichenbach, 1862), and A. pipile (Jacquin, 1784).
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