- Crypturellus variegatus
Identification
Upper back rufous, lower back and wings black with conspicuous yellowish bands. Throat white, neck and upper breast bright rufous, lower breast and belly buffish-white, flanks tinged cinnamon and lightly barred dusky. Crown and sides of head blackish. Bill yellowish, legs greenish to yellowish-brown.
Length 33cm.
Distribution
Range Eastern Ecuador and Peru, Southern parts of Colombia and Venezuela,the Guianas and Amazonian Brazil to south-eastern Brazil. Resident.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Rainforest, clearings and forest edge up to 1,300m. Often in drier areas, shy and secretive
Behaviour
Voice A wailing whistle.