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Crypturellus obsoletus

Photo by Marcos Massarioli

[edit] Identification

Brown above, rufous below, darkest on belly, flanks and undertail coverts barred blackish-brown. Bill black, legs olive. Length 28cm.

[edit] Distribution

Eastern Colombia and Venezuela south to Southern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina. Resident.

[edit] Taxonomy

Subspecies:

• C. o. cerviniventris is found in Venezuela, castaneus in eastern parts of Colombia and Ecuador and northern Peru
• ochraceiventris in central Peru, punensis in southern Peru and western Bolivia
• griseiventris in Santarem, Brazil,
• obsoletus in southern Brazil, Paraguay and north-east Argentina,
• traylori in eastern Peru and hypochracea in south-west Brazil.

[edit] Habitat

Cloud forest and dense scrub on mountain ridges at 1,200-2,200m.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Vocalisation

Voice: A dull whistle.

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