| Austral Negrito (Lessonia rufa) Chilean name: Colegial |
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Chile The Austral Negrito breeds from central Chile and central Argentina south to Tierra del Fuego. In winter it migrates north as far as southern Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil. |
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It is found in open areas with short grass and is often near the coast or lake shores. Very active, it forages for small insects running along the ground and sallying in the air. Much given to flicking its wings and tail. The male is all black except for its rufous-chestnut back. It has a short black bill and black legs with a very long hind claw which you can just see in photos 2 and 4. |
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The female has a less chestnuty back, is brownish-grey below with dark streaks and has two wing-bars. It is the female that helps to separate this species from Andean Negrito L. oreas by being much lighter below, showing wing-bars and having white at the edge of the tail as can be seen in photo 4. | |||
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