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- Aramides cajanea
Identification
Large. Bill moderately long, yellowish at base, greenish at tip; eyes, bare eyering, and legs coral red. Head and longish neck gray; throat paler; crown tinged brown; upperparts olive; breast and sides cinnamon rufous; rearparts including abdomen, rump, and tail black; primaries rufous chestnut (usually concealed at rest). Immatures are duller and the bill and legs are dusky.
Distribution
Pacific coast south to Baudó Mountains; otherwise generally throughout Central and South America: Central Mexico south to northern Argentina and Uruguay. Also in Trinidad.
Taxonomy
As would be expected for such a widespread species, it has been divided into many subspecies.
Habitat
To 2300m.
