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Micropygia schomburgkii

Identification

Mostly ochraceous with white spots edged in black on the upperside and no barring below; legs red.

Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. The inclusion of Costa Rica in this list of countries is based on one single species from an area that once was a Savannah near Buenos Aires in Costa Rica

Taxonomy

There are two subspecies: schomburgkii is found locally in the Guyanas, while chapmani occurs from eastern Brazil to Bolivia

Habitat

Dry savanna and wet lowland grassland.

Behaviour

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