Crested gallito

Crested gallito
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhinocryptidae
Genus: Rhinocrypta
G.R. Gray, 1841
Species: R. lanceolata
Binomial name
Rhinocrypta lanceolata
(Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832)

The crested gallito (Rhinocrypta lanceolata) is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Rhinocrypta.[2] It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.[1]


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