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Nothura minor

Photo by birdclub
Location: Emas NP, Brazil

[edit] Identification

18 cm. Black crown and bill, buff face, pale throat, brown iris, yellow neck streaked brown towards breast, upperparts black-brown barred rufous, underparts buff with brown marks on flanks, yellow legs.

[edit] Distribution

South-central Brazil and north-east Paraguay.

[edit] Taxonomy

This species is monotypic.^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Lowland dry grassland and open woodland.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

[edit] External Links

An Bird Identification thread with a photo (by jocateme) which may be of a Lesser Nothura.