- Crypturellus variegatus
Identification
Length 33cm. 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.
Voice A wailing whistle.
Distribution
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
The diet includes seeds and fruits, with few insects.
The female establishes a territory, attracts a male, lays one egg in a rudimentary nest, and leaves the male incubating while she departs to establish another territory and repeat the process.
