Animalia Life
Pteroptochos tarnii
TAXONOMY
Hylactes tarnii King, 1831, Chiloй Island, and Port Otway, Gulf
of Penas, Chile.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Huet huet; French: Tourco huet-huet; German:
Schwarzkehl-Huлthuлt; Spanish: Huet-huet del Sur.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
9 in (23 cm); 5.3–6.3 oz (150–180 g). Crown, forehead, and
breast dark chestnut. The rest of body is black.
DISTRIBUTION
Southern Chile from Rнo Bнo Bнo to Brunswick Peninsula, and
adjacent Argentina from Neuquйn to northwestern Santa Cruz.
HABITAT
Humid forest.
BEHAVIOR
Terrestrial.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Walks slowly. Flips debris with bill and sometimes scrapes the
ground with one foot. Feeds on invertebrates and berries.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Nest placed in excavated tunnel or a hollow trunk. Two or
three eggs.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.
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