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Puerto Pirámides, Argentina, Jan 2013

Eudromia elegans

Identification

Length 39cm
Greyish-brown to blackish-brown above finely spotted with white. Whitish to pale buff below, heavily barred with black. Head has black crest, long and thin and curving forwards, and dusky stripe behind eye bordered above and below by white stripes.

Distribution

South America: found in North-west, central and southern Argentina and a small area in southern Chile. Resident.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 10 subspecies^[1]:

E. e. intermedia: Andes of north-western Argentina (Salta to Catamarca)
E. e. magnistriata: Andes of north-western Argentina (Tucumán and northern Córdoba)
E. e. riojana: Andes of north-western Argentina (La Rioja and San Juan)
E. e. albida: Dry savanna of western Argentina (San Juan)
E. e. wetmorei: Andean foothills in western Argentina (north-central Mendoza)
E. e. devia: South-western Argentina at base of Andes (Neuquén)
E. e. numida: Dry grasslands of central Argentina
E. e. multiguttata: Dry grasslands of east-central Argentina
E. e. elegans: Central Argentina (Río Negro and Neuquén)
E. e. patagonica: Southern Argentina (Neuquén to Santa Cruz) and adjacent southern Chile

Habitat

Dry scrub, grasslands and open woodland.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes seeds, leaves, fruits and insects.

Breeding

Both sexes form a hollow in the ground which serves as the nest. The male incubates the eggs and cares for the young.

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
Alvaro Jaramillo. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton Field Guides. ISBN 0-691-11740-3
Wikipedia

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Elegant Crested-Tinamou. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Elegant_Crested-Tinamou

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