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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.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE3089PH) Adult, PN Teniente Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Sylvia Centrón February 2008).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE3090PH) Adult ventral, Laguna Capitán, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Marcelo Bombaci October 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE3091PH) Adult, PN Teniente Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Matt Denton October 2010).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE3092PH) Adult ventral, Laguna Capitán, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE3093PH) Adult dorsal, Laguna Capitán, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE3094PH) Adult, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE3095PH) Adult, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 8 - (FPAVE3096PH) Same individual as (FPAVE3095PH) upperwing (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 9 - (FPAVE3097PH) Nest with attendant birds, PN Teniente Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith July 2006).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE3098VI) Adult alarm calling, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith July 2006).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE3099VI) Same individal as (FPAVE3092PH) (Paul Smith October 2007).
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