GALLINETA GRANDE


CHARACTERISTICS
It presents a dorsal neck with chestnut colouring or a red throat. Cinnamon pink coloured stomach. Base of the bill orange, nostril area yellow, green tip. Red iris. Tail tip grey. Pink legs.
DIET
eir diet is varied, based on insects, fish, crustaceans and small vertebrates.
REPRODUCTION
Seasonal.
CURIOSITIES
It has a call that alludes to its onomatopoeic name: ypecaha-ypecaha It lives in regions with wetlands.
NAME
Giant Wood-Rail
HABITAT
From the Amazons to Argentina
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Aramides ypecaha
SPICE
Ave
DIET
Omnivorous