- Nothura maculosa
Identification
Brown above streaked buff, buff below streaked with chestnut and black on breast, flanks barred. Crown black streaked buff and throat white.
Length 23cm.
Distribution
Central and southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina except the far south. Resident.
Taxonomy
Race cearensis occurs in southern Ceara, Brazil, major in eastern Brazil, paludivaga in central Paraguay and north-central Argentina, maculosa from south-east Brazil to north-east Argentina, pallida in north-west Argentina, annectens in eastern Argentina, submontana in south-west Argentina and nigroguttata in southern Argentina.
Habitat
Scrub and open woodland.
Behaviour
The diet includes the seeds of crops such as rice and soya; it also feeds on insects and can be found near cattle where it eats insects disturbed by the cattle and ticks feeding on the cattle.
