QUEBRACHO CRESTED-TINAMOU Eudromia formosa CHACO
You´ll have to travel to the driest and most inhospitable parts of the Chaco if you want to see this remarkable bird. Habitually occurring in small family groups, their cryptic plumage provides excellent camouflage in the dense, dry, thorny forests that they call home - they are much easier to hear than to see. Their head is adorned by a long, thin, hair-like crest that gives them their common name.
FIGURE 1 - Adult lateral, PN Médanos del Chaco, Departamento Boquerón (Marcelo Bombaci October 2007).
FIGURE 2 - Same individual (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 3 - Same individual dorsal (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 4 - Adult, PN Teniente Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Andy Holman July 2006).
FIGURE 5 - Adult, PN Teniente Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Hemme Batjes July 2006).
FIGURE 6 - Head detail of dead specimen found at PN Teniente Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 7 - Upperwing of same specimen (Paul Smith July 2006).
VIDEO - Adult,  PN Médanos del Chaco, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith October 2007).
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Eudromia formosa
1 foo-ip call recorded PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith October 2007).
2 whistle call recorded PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith October 2007).
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