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BEARDED TACHURI Polystictus pectoralis NEAR THREATENED
The little Bearded Tachuri is a dumpy little grassland flycatcher that is usually quite secretive in behaviour, flitting about in natural tall grasslands. They have declined alarmingly over their range and their conservation is confounded by the fact that little is known about their movements. During the breeding season males adopt a distinctive blackish beard that gives the bird its common namel
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE1314PH) Adult male breeding lateral, Yacyretá, Departamento Misiones (Arne Lesterhuis January 2007).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE1315PH) Same individual as (FPAVE1314PH) ventral (Arne Lesterhuis January 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE1316PH) Same individual as (FPAVE1314PH) head detail (Arne Lesterhuis January 2007).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE1317PH) Adult female lateral, Yacyretá, Departamento Misiones (Arne Lesterhuis January 2007).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE1318PH) Same individual as (FPAVE1317PH) ventral (Arne Lesterhuis January 2007).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE1318PH) Same individual as (FPAVE1317PH) lateral (Arne Lesterhuis January 2007).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE2746PH) Adult male non-breeding dorsal, Estancia Tres Hermanas, Departamento Concepción (Paul Smith August 2011).
FIGURE 8 - (FPAVE1320PH) Adult male non-breeding, Yacyretá, Departamento Misiones (Arne Lesterhuis April 2007).
FIGURE 9 - (FPAVE1321PH) Adult female ventral view, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 10 - (FPAVE1322PH) Adult female dorsal view, Arroyos y Esteros, Departamento Cordillera (Paul Smith September 2010).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE2747VI) Adult male non-breeding, Estancia Tres Hermanas, Departamento Concepción (Paul Smith August 2011).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE1323VI) Adult female dorsal view, Arroyos y Esteros, Departamento Cordillera (Paul Smith September 2010).
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