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White-bellied Nothura

Nothura boraquira

Least Concern
Envergadura
26,6 cm
Peso
288,0 g
Família
Tinamidae
Ordem
Tinamiformes
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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
Envergadura 26,6 cm 10.5 in
Peso 288,0 g 10.16 oz

Identificação

Plumagem

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.

Distribuição geográfica

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.

Estado de conservação

Least Concern
IUCN Red List

Comportamento e reprodução

Nidificação

Nest type: SC. Incubation: 18-21 days.

Tamanho da postura

2-6

Som

Canto

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.

Taxonomia

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Ordem Tinamiformes (Tinamous)
Família Tinamidae (Tinamous)
Genus Nothura
Espécies Nothura boraquira

Distribution

White-bellied Nothura has been recorded in 1 countries.

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Perguntas frequentes

What does the White-bellied Nothura eat?
Grazes short grasses and sedges; forages near water edges; diet supplemented by invertebrates during breeding season in spring.
Where does the White-bellied Nothura live?
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.
Is the White-bellied Nothura endangered?
The White-bellied Nothura has a conservation status of Least Concern.
How does the White-bellied Nothura nest?
Nest type: SC. Incubation: 18-21 days.
What does the White-bellied Nothura sound like?
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.
How big is the White-bellied Nothura?
The White-bellied Nothura has a wingspan of 26.6 cm, weight of 288.0 g.
What order and family does the White-bellied Nothura belong to?
The White-bellied Nothura (Nothura boraquira) belongs to the order Tinamiformes and the family Tinamidae.

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