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| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | Highland Tinamou (Bonaparte Tinamou) | + | 38.5 cm Dark brown above, wings and rump buff-spotted, cinnamon below with wavy blackish bars heaviest on flanks, belly pale-spotted. Crown and sides of head blackish, rufous on nape and throat tawny. ==Distribution== |
| - | Nothocercus bonapartei | + | [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]], west [[Venezuela]], [[Colombia]], eastern [[Ecuador]] and north-east [[Peru]]. |
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| - | Dark brown above finely vermiculated with black, winges and rump buff-spotted, cinnamon below with wavy blackish bars heaviest on flanks, belly pale-spotted. Crown and sides of head blackish, rufous on nape and throat tawny. The highland tinamou is 15 inches (38.5 centimeters) long and weighs 2 pounds (0.9 kilograms). Its coloring is mottled (spotted) or barred with black and cinnamon on its back and wings. Voice A series of loud hollow and disyllabic calls rendered cu-ya, audible at some distance. | |
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| - | ==Distribution== | |
| - | Costa Rica and the Chiriqu Highlands of Panama, west Venezuela, Colombia, eastern Ecuador and north-east Peru. Resident. | |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | Cloud forest at 1,300-2,500m. Shy and rarely seen, usually solitary or in small groups of up to five. This tinamou lives in tropical and subtropical rainforests, usually above 5,000 feet (1,500 meters). The highland tinamou prefers wet areas, especially ones with bamboo thickets. | + | Cloud forest |
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| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
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Revision as of 14:04, 2 October 2007
- Nothocercus bonapartei
Identification
38.5 cm Dark brown above, wings and rump buff-spotted, cinnamon below with wavy blackish bars heaviest on flanks, belly pale-spotted. Crown and sides of head blackish, rufous on nape and throat tawny. ==Distribution==
Costa Rica, Panama, west Venezuela, Colombia, eastern Ecuador and north-east Peru.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Cloud forest
Behaviour
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