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Nothura darwinii

[edit] Identification

26cm

• Brown above with buff streaks
• Chestnut streaked below
• Black breast
• Barred flanks
• Black crown with buff streaks
• White throat

[edit] Similar Species

Resembles Spotted Nothura but more rufous with broader streaking below.

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in the Andes from southern Peru to Argentina.

A resident species.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 5 subspecies^[1]:

• N. d. peruviana:

• Highlands of southern Peru (Urubamba Valley of Cuzco)

• N. d. agassizii:

• Altiplano of extreme south-eastern Peru and western Bolivia

• N. d. boliviana:

• Highlands of western Bolivia (Cochabamba to Tarija)

• N. d. salvadorii:

• Semi-arid subtropical western Argentina

• N. d. darwinii:

• Patagonian steppes of south-central Argentina

[edit] Habitat

Open woodland.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet mainly includes fruit with some invertebrates, plant parts, seeds, and roots.

[edit] Breeding

They tend to nest on the ground in thick vegetation; the male incubates the eggs and cares for the young.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

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