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[[Image:Bearded_Tachuribc.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|birdclub|birdclub}}<br />Emas National Park, [[Brazil]]]]
[[Image:Bearded_Tachuri.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Fritz73]]
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;[[:category:Polystictus|Polystictus]] pectoralis
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Photographed: Ceibas, Entre Rios, Argentina.
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8–10 cm<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Blackish crown
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*Bushy crest
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==Distribution==
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[[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Guianas]], [[Suriname]], [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]], [[Argentina]]
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==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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[[Image:Bearded_Tachuri.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Fritz73|Fritz73}} <br /> Ceibas, Entre Rios, [[Argentina]], 2004]]
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There are 3 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''P. p. bogotensis'':
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:*Western [[Colombia]] (Cauca Valley and Cundinamarca)
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*''P. p. brevipennis'':
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:*North-eastern [[Colombia]] to southern [[Venezuela]], the [[Guianas]] and extreme northern [[Brazil]]
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*''P. p. pectoralis'':
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:*Southern [[Brazil]] to eastern [[Bolivia]], [[Uruguay]], [[Paraguay]] and northern [[Argentina]]
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==Habitat==
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Dry savanna with scattered shrubs and areas with taller grass.
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==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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Their main diet consists of insects.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2015)
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#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Polystictus+pectoralis}}  
 
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Polystictus]]

Latest revision as of 15:36, 10 January 2022

Photo © by birdclub
Emas National Park, Brazil
Polystictus pectoralis

Identification

8–10 cm
Male

  • Blackish crown
  • Bushy crest

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Guianas, Suriname, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Photo © by Fritz73
Ceibas, Entre Rios, Argentina, 2004

There are 3 subspecies[1]:

  • P. p. bogotensis:
  • Western Colombia (Cauca Valley and Cundinamarca)
  • P. p. brevipennis:
  • P. p. pectoralis:

Habitat

Dry savanna with scattered shrubs and areas with taller grass.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of insects.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2015)
  4. Wikipedia

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External Links

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