Photos of the gray-winged trumpeter were made by Candy McManiman in the Brownsberg nature park in Suriname in 2005. The trumpeter is mostly seen walking, searching for food on the forest floor in small groups. If disturbed they fly up into a tree. Their name probably comes from the deep low sound they can make, apart from other sharper calls. They are found deep in the forest and because they are heavily hunted, the nature reserves are the best places for them. On the Brownsberg they can be seen almost every day, as they get fed rice near the guesthouse at the top of the mountain. A short video shows the trumpeters as they are eating there. Photos below by KD Dijkstra and Pieter Verheij, also at the Brownsberg. The drawing is of a bird from a old book by Arnout Vosmaer. It was brought to the Netherlands from Suriname and lived there in the zoo of the prince of Oranje in 1765.
Each small square indicates the observation of at least one (group) of these birds, the medium ones at least 4 observations on different days and the largest ones 10 or more. The color of each square indicates: blue for coastal area, yellow for savanna and red for rainforest.
| Distribution in Suriname (explanation) | |
| Coastal area |  |
| Savanna |  |
| Forests |  |
| Mountain forests |  |
| Sipalawini savanna | |
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