Quebracho Crested Tinamou

Taxobox
name = Quebracho Crested Tinamou
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Tinamiformes
familia = Tinamidae
genus = "Eudromia"
species = "E. formosa"
binomial = "Eudromia formosa"
binomial_authority = (Lillo, 1905)

The Quebracho Crested Tinamou, "Eudromia formosa", is a species of tinamou found in dry forest habitats in subtropical and tropical regions up to 500m in altitude. This species is native to Paraguay and northern Argentina in South America with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 290,000 km².

Description

The Quebracho Crested Tinamou is approximately 39 cm in length. Its upperparts greyish-brown to blackish with a few scattered small white spots. Its lowerparts are pale buffish to whitish and heavily barred with black. Its head has a black crest that is long, thin and straight. It has a dusky stripe behind eye, bordered above and below by white stripes.

References

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=57&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]