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| name = Quebracho Crested Tinamou
| name = Quebracho Crested Tinamou
| status = LC
| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
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| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
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Quebracho Crested Tinamou
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E. formosa
Binomial name
Eudromia formosa
(Lillo, 1905)

The Quebracho Crested Tinamou, Eudromia formosa, is a species of tinamou found in dry forest habitats in subtropical and tropical regions up to 500m in altitude. This species is native to Paraguay and northern Argentina in South America with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 290,000 km².

Description

The Quebracho Crested Tinamou is approximately 39 cm in length. Its upperparts greyish-brown to blackish with a few scattered small white spots. Its lowerparts are pale buffish to whitish and heavily barred with black. Its head has a black crest that is long, thin and straight. It has a dusky stripe behind eye, bordered above and below by white stripes.

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