- Crypturellus noctivagus
Identification
29–32·5 cm (11½-12 in)
Grey above, lower back and wings barred black. Throat white, neck and upper breast greyish, lower breast rufous and belly whitish. Blackish cap and prominent broad buffy supercilium. Legs yellowish.
Distribution
South America: found in eastern Brazil.
Rare over most of range and declining through habitat loss.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
This species has two subspecies[1]:
- C. n. zabele:
- Lowlands of north-eastern Brazil (Piauí to Bahia and Minas Gerais)
- C. n. noctivagus:
- Coastal south-eastern Brazil (Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul)
Habitat
Humid forest and caatinga thornscrub at heights around 300 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Ground feeders, their diet consists of seeds, shoots and other vegetable matter, as well as insects; particularly beetles and ants.
Breeding
The nest is a hollow in the ground; they lay 4 pale blue eggs in November.
Movements
A resident species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-legged Tinamou. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-legged_Tinamou
