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LARK-LIKE BRUSHRUNNER Coryphistera alaudina
Rarely will you come across a bird with as much charisma as the bizarre Lark-like Brushrunner. An inhabitant of the driest parts of the Chaco, they live in family groups which prance around uttering continuous rattling calls to maintain contact. So varied is the intensity of the rattling they produce that one could almost swear they were conversing with each other.
FIGURE 1 - Adult, PN Teniente Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Sylvia Centrón February 2008).
FIGURE 2 - Adult ventral, Laguna Capitán, Cuenca Upper Yacaré Sur (Marcelo Bombaci October 2007).
FIGURE 3 - Adult ventral, Laguna Capitán, Cuenca Upper Yacaré Sur (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 4 - Adult dorsal, Laguna Capitán, Cuenca Upper Yacaré Sur (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 5 - Adult, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 6 - Adult, Ruta Trans-Chaco km650 (Paul Smith July).
FIGURE 7 - Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith July).
FIGURE 8 - Nest with attendant birds, PN Teniente Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith July 2006).
VIDEO A - Adult alarm calling, a call which attracts others flock members, Ruta Trans-Chaco km650 (Paul Smith July).
VIDEO B - Same individal as Fig 3 (Paul Smith October 2007).
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