The New Neotropical Companion

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Plate 15- 3. A Great Tinamou quietly going about its business.
Photo by Gina Nichol.

Plate 15- 5. Female Bare- faced Curassow (Crax fasciolata). Curassows frequently perch in trees. Photo by John Kricher.

Plate 15- 4. The Rufous- vented Chachalaca (Ortalis ruficauda)
is found along forest edges and brushy areas from Trinidad to
northern South America. Photo by Jill Lapato.

Plate 15- 7. Red- throated Piping- Guan. These birds are rarely
observed as clearly on the forest floor as this one. Photo by
Andrew Whittaker.

Plate 15- 6. Blue- throated Piping- Guan flying across a river.
Photo by John Kricher.

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