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CRESTED GALLITO Rhinocrypta lanceolata
Hurtling around the thorny undergrowth of the Dry Chaco is this unique tapaculo, somewhere between a chicken in a hurry and a roadrunner. The species is common in the right habitat, but despite being a fairly large bird, it is difficult to observe, preferring to call its loud CH-DOK notes from cover.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE3636PH) Adult, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith October 2012).
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Rhinocrypta lanceolata
1 (FPAVE744RE) Call recorded PN Médanos del Chaco, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith October 2007).
Click the links to hear the calls. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website www.xeno-canto.com - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.
