Lark-like Brushrunner - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by Arthur Grosset
Barra do Quara, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 27 August 2004

Coryphistera alaudina

Identification

16 cm. Will remind a European of a lark in shape. Streaked both above and below with a conspicuous blackish crest. There is a white crescent below the eye with a smaller crescent above and cinnamon-rufous ear-coverts.

Distribution

Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, and just into southernmost Brazil next to Uruguay.

Taxonomy

Two subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• C. a. campicola:

• Chaco of south-eastern Bolivia and adjacent western Paraguaya

• C. a. alaudina:

• South Bolivia to nprtjerm Argentina and extreme southern Brazil

Habitat

Lowland to 500 m asl. in scrub and dryish woodland (Chaco).

Behaviour

Terrestrial to a very large extent. Usually foraging near cover and usually occurring in groups.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Lark-like Brushrunner. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Lark-like_Brushrunner

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