White-bellied Nothura
Nothura boraquira
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حول
A small tinamou of open caatinga and cerrado grasslands, with brown streaked plumage and white underparts. Endemic to northeastern Brazil. Adapted to hot dry and semi-arid environments. Calls with a rapid whistling trill. Terrestrial and fast-running across sparse scrub.
Physical Description
| Measurement | Value | Imperial |
|---|---|---|
| طول الجناح | 26,6 cm | 10.5 in |
| الوزن | 288,0 g | 10.16 oz |
التعرف
الريش
Brown upperparts streaked and barred black and buff. Head with pale supercilium and dark lateral crown stripes. Throat and belly white. Breast buff with dark brown spots. White underparts distinctive.
Habitat & Range
Caatinga scrubland, dry cerrado grassland, and campo sujo of northeastern Brazil. Adapted to hot semi-arid habitats with sparse thorny vegetation. Often found on sandy soils.
النطاق الجغرافي
Inhabits wooded grasslands and forest edges of central Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Sedentary in the Cerrado biome.
Diet & Feeding
Grazes short grasses and sedges; forages near water edges; diet supplemented by invertebrates during breeding season in spring.
حالة الحفاظ
السلوك والتكاثر
التعشيش
Nest type: SC. Incubation: 18-21 days.
عدد البيض في الوضع
2-6
الصوت
الغناء
A loud, melodic 3-note whistle from cerrado and dry scrub of interior Brazil. Considered one of the more vocal Nothura species; easily detected by call in its habitat.
التصنيف
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| الرتبة | Tinamiformes (Tinamous) |
| الفصيلة | Tinamidae (Tinamous) |
| Genus | Nothura |
| الأنواع | Nothura boraquira |
Distribution
White-bellied Nothura has been recorded in 1 countries.
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Similar Birds
Other species in the Tinamidae family