Chaco Nothura

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Chaco Nothura
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Tinamiformes
Family: Tinamidae
Genus: Nothura
Species: N. chacoensis
Binomial name
Nothura chacoensis
(Conover, 1937)

The Chaco Nothura Nothura chacoensis is a type of Tinamou commonly found in lowland dry shrubland habitats in subtropical and tropical region up to 500m altitude. This species is native to Paraguay and northern Argentina in South America with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 110,000 km².

[edit] Characteristics

The Chaco Nothura is approximately 24 cm in length. The species is similar to Spotted Nothura but paler and buffier overall.

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