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Chestnut-throated Huet-huet
Pteroptochos castaneus Philippi & Landbeck, 1864
Rhinocryptidae — Tapaculos
Chestnut-throated Huet-huet, Pteroptochos castaneus, is a passerine of the Rhinocryptidae that breeds in south-central Chile and west-central Argentina. It lives in temperate forest dominated by Nothofagus species and Austrocedrus chilensis along the humid edge of Chile’s Mediterranean climate zone, with records from Biobío, Maule and parts of O’Higgins, plus a small adjoining area of Neuquén. It is a stocky bird with dark brown plumage, a dark red throat and a pale buff wing bar. It is also known for its resonant hooting song, often delivered by a pair.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Rhinocryptidae — Tapaculos
- Breeding range
- South America: c Chile and wc Argentina
