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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Revision as of 18:01, 25 February 2009
- Gubernatrix cristata
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.
