Black-capped Tinamou
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| Crypturellus atrocapillus (Tschudi, 1844) |
The Black-capped Tinamou Crypturellus atrocapillus is a type of Tinamou commonly found in lowland of moist forest in subtropical and tropical region up to 900 m altitude. This species is native to Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 120,000 km².
[edit] Subspecies
The Black-capped Tinamou has two subspecies as followed:
- Nominate race (Crypturellus atrocapillus atrocapillus) occurs in south-east Peru
- Crypturellus atrocapillus garleppi in northern Bolivia and western Brazil
[edit] Characteristics
The Black-capped Tinamou is approximately 28 to 30 cm in length. Its upperparts is brown, mottled and barred blackish, throat and neck rufescent, breast dark grey, remainder of underparts cinnamon to buff. Its cap is blackish and legs could be pale red or bright red. The female are more heavily barred above.
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