Brushland Tinamou
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| Nothoprocta cinerascens (Burmeister, 1860) |
The Brushland Tinamou Nothoprocta cinerascens is a type of Tinamou commonly found in high altitude dry shrubland in subtropical and tropical regions up to 2,000m altitude. This species is native to southern Bolivia, western Paraguay and western Argentina in South America.
[edit] Subspecies
The Brushland Tinamou has two subspecies as follows:
- Nominate race (Nothoprocta cinerascens cinerascens) occurs in southern Bolivia and western Paraguay
- Nothoprocta cinerascens parvimaculata occurs in western Argentina
[edit] Characteristics
The Brushland Tinamou is approximately 32 cm in length. Its upperparts greyish to olive-brown barred with black and prominently streaked with white. Its crown blackish, sides of head and throat white, lower throat barred black, breast grey spotted with white, belly whitish. Its legs dark grey.
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