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Emas National Park, Brazil
Alectrurus tricolor

Identification

12cm
Male

  • Black upperparts
  • Grey rump
  • White face and underparts
  • White between wing tops
  • Black patch on sides of breast
  • Black tail with elongated tail feathers forming a crescent

Female - similar

  • Brown
  • Normal-shaped, short tail
Female
Photo by Luiz
Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais Brazil, April 2010

Distribution

South America: found locally in eastern Bolivia, north-eastern Argentina, north-eastern Paraguay and outherns Brazil.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species1.

Habitat

Lowland dry grassland and seasonally wet or flooded grassland with tall vegetation.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. ARKive

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