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[[Image:18525DSCF0786.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Fabio<br />Photo taken: Gramado, [[Brazil]]]]
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[[Image:18525DSCF0786.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Fabio|Fabio}}<br />Gramado, [[Brazil]], March 2006]]
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[[Image:d09_0047.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Note the wing spur.  Photo by {{user|Gary+Clark|Gary Clark}}.  <br/>Location: [[Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve]], Buenos Aires, [[Argentina]].]]
 
 
;[[:Category:Vanellus|Vanellus]] chilensis
 
;[[:Category:Vanellus|Vanellus]] chilensis
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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31-33 cm.  Brown grey upperparts, bronze glossing on shoulders, grey head with black forehead and throat patch extending onto the black breast. A white border separates the black of the face from the grey of the head and crest. The rest of the underparts are white, and the eye ring, legs and most of the bill are pink.  Broad white wing bar separating the grey-brown of the back and wing coverts from the black flight feathers.    It is equipped with red bony extensions under the wings (spurs), used to intimidate foes and fight birds of prey.  The rump is white and the tail black.
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31-33 cm
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*Brownish-grey upperparts
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*Bronze glossing on shoulders
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*Grey head
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*Black forehead and throat patch which extends onto the black breast
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*White border separating the black of the face from the grey of the head and crest
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*White underparts
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*Eye ring, legs and most of the bill are pink
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*Broad white wing bar separates the grey-brown of the back and wing coverts from the black flight feathers.    *Red bony extensions under the wings (spurs), used to intimidate foes and fight birds of prey
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*Rump is white and the tail black.
  
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The sexes are similar in plumage, but young birds are duller, with a shorter crest and browner face and breast.
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Sexes similar; young birds are duller, with a shorter crest and browner face and breast.
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[[Image:d09_0047.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Note the wing spur.  Photo by {{user|Gary+Clark|Gary Clark}}.  <br/>[[Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve]], Buenos Aires, [[Argentina]].]]
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[South America]].
 
[[South America]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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'''Northern'''
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*''V. c. cayennensis'' (Northern):
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:*Northern [[South America]] north of the Amazon<br />
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'''Southern'''
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*''V. c. lampronotus'' (Central South America):
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:*Amazonia south of the Amazon to southern [[Brazil]], northern [[Chile]] and northern [[Argentina]]
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*''V. c. chilensis'':
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:*[[Argentina]] (Comodoro Rivadavia) to [[Chile]] (Chiloé Island)
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*''V. c. fretensis'':
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:*Southern [[Argentina]] and southern [[Chile]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Lakes, river banks or open grassland.
 
Lakes, river banks or open grassland.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
 
The diet includes  insects and other small invertebrates.
 
The diet includes  insects and other small invertebrates.
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====Breeding====
 
The nest is a bare ground scrape and 2-3 olive brown eggs are laid.  
 
The nest is a bare ground scrape and 2-3 olive brown eggs are laid.  
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Vanellus+chilensis}}
 
{{GSearch|Vanellus+chilensis}}

Revision as of 00:13, 26 December 2009

Photo by Fabio
Gramado, Brazil, March 2006
Vanellus chilensis

Identification

31-33 cm

  • Brownish-grey upperparts
  • Bronze glossing on shoulders
  • Grey head
  • Black forehead and throat patch which extends onto the black breast
  • White border separating the black of the face from the grey of the head and crest
  • White underparts
  • Eye ring, legs and most of the bill are pink
  • Broad white wing bar separates the grey-brown of the back and wing coverts from the black flight feathers. *Red bony extensions under the wings (spurs), used to intimidate foes and fight birds of prey
  • Rump is white and the tail black.

Sexes similar; young birds are duller, with a shorter crest and browner face and breast.

Note the wing spur. Photo by Gary Clark.
Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Distribution

South America.

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

Northern

  • V. c. cayennensis (Northern):

Southern

  • V. c. lampronotus (Central South America):
  • V. c. chilensis:
  • V. c. fretensis:

Habitat

Lakes, river banks or open grassland.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects and other small invertebrates.

Breeding

The nest is a bare ground scrape and 2-3 olive brown eggs are laid.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Wikipedia

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