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.
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Gallery 1 - Adult
The specimen in 1g-h is the same as that described in
Smith P, Pearman M, Betuel A. 2013. An unusual record of Quebracho Crested Tinamou Eudromia formosa from the dry Chaco of Paraguay, with comments on distribution and behaviour of the species in Paraguay, Argentina and Bolivia. Bulletin British Ornithologists Club 133: p19-23.
FIGURE 1a - (FPAVE82PH) Adult, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith February 2015).
FIGURE 1b - (FPAVE82PH) Juvenile lateral, PN Médanos del Chaco, Departamento Boquerón (Marcelo Bombaci October 2007).
FIGURE 1c - (FPAVE83PH) Same individual (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 1d - (FPAVE84PH) Same individual dorsal (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 1e - (FPAVE85PH) Adult, PN Teniente Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Andy Holman July 2006).
FIGURE 1f - (FPAVE86PH) Adult, PN Teniente Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Hemme Batjes July 2006).
FIGURE 1g - (FPAVE87PH) Head detail of dead specimen found at PN Teniente Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith July 2006).
FIGURE 1h - (FPAVE88PH) Upperwing of same specimen as (FPAVE87PH) (Paul Smith July 2006).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE89VI) Adult,  PN Médanos del Chaco, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith October 2007).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE4052VI) Adult giving contact/locator call following predation of chick, Ruta Trans Chaco km623, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith October 2013).
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Eudromia formosa
1 (FPAVE90RE) foo-ip call  recorded PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith October 2007).
2 (FPAVE91RE) whistle call  recorded PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith October 2007).
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Gallery 2 - Juvenile and Chicks
The pre-adult plumage of this species was described and published in the following article which can be downloaded below:
Smith P, Garrett KL. 2016. The juvenile plumage of Quebracho Crested Tinamou Eudromia formosa (Aves: Tinamidae). Brazilian Journal of Ornithology 24: 334-337.
The specimen described is the same as that in Figs 2d-g in this gallery.

FIGURE 2a - (FPAVE82PH) Juvenile lateral, PN Médanos del Chaco, Departamento Boquerón (Marcelo Bombaci October 2007).
FIGURE 2b - (FPAVE83PH) Same individual (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 2c - (FPAVE84PH) Same individual dorsal (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 2d - (FPAVE4239PH) Chick, PN Teniente Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith September 2014).
FIGURE 2e - (FPAVE4240PH) Same chick as (FPAVE4239PH) lateral (Paul Smith September 2014).
FIGURE 2f - (FPAVE4241PH) Same chick as (FPAVE4239PH) dorsal (Paul Smith September 2014).
FIGURE 2g - (FPAVE4242PH) Same chick as (FPAVE4239PH) ventral (Paul Smith September 2014).
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