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Photo by bineshii
Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica, June 2004

Chamaepetes unicolor

1 Identification
2 Distribution
3 Taxonomy
4 Habitat
5 Behaviour
- 5.1 Breeding
- 5.2 Diet
6 References
7 External Links

[edit] Identification

64 cm.
Glossy black upperparts
Duller below
Bare blue facial skin
Red iris
Coral red legs

Immature duller

[edit] Distribution

Costa Rica and western Panama.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Subtropical and temperate rain forests, high mountains.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

Two or three eggs are laid.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes fruit.

[edit] References

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. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
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