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Photo by birdclub
Emas National Park, Brazil

Polystictus pectoralis

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:

• North-eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, the Guianas and extreme northern Brazil

• P. p. pectoralis:

• Southern Brazil to eastern Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay and northern Argentina

Habitat

Dry savanna and seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

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. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bearded Tachuri. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bearded_Tachuri

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