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Parque do Zizo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 2006

Lipaugus lanioides

[edit] Identification

28 cm

• Brownish-grey
• Scaled appearance on crown and breast
• Paler and duller below
• Warm brown wings, crissum and tail

[edit] Distribution

South America: endemic to south-eastern Brazil (Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais to ne Santa Catarina).

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Montane Atlantic Rainforest.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes fruit and insects.

[edit] Vocalisation

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. BirdLife International

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