Overview
Its upper parts are greyish-brown to olive brown and barred with black and white. Its breast is grey and spotted with white or buff, its belly is buff or whitish and its crown is black, the sides of its head and throat are mottled grey, and its legs are yellow.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Bird
- Family
- Tinamidae
- Genus
- Nothoprocta
- Species
- pentlandii
Habitat
It prefers subtropical and tropical shrubland at 800 to 4,100 m (2,600–13,500 ft) altitude.
Diet
The diet, during the winter, consists mainly of seeds, leaves, fruit and insects, but in the summer it eats mainly insects.
Behavior
A ground dweller with ability for short flight.
Hunting
Hunted in heavy cover, typically with pointing dogs. Birds are flushed and taken with shotguns. A 20ga with 6 shot will be sufficient.
Conservation Status
Listed as Least Concern by IUCN.