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Gubernatrix cristata
Photo by ibera
Location: Esteros del Ibera, Argentina.

Identification

20 cm. Yellow-olive upperparts, black streaking on back, long, black, bushy crest and bib, bordered yellow, yellow-olive breast and flanks, yellow centre to belly, yellow tail with black central rectrices. Female duller above, grey cheeks, breast, and sides of belly, with paler centre, some yellow on rear crown, crest and black bib bordered white.

Distribution

Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

Taxonomy

Monotypic.

Habitat

Open woodland, savanna, scrub and shrubby steppe.

Behaviour

3 eggs are laid.

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