Cowgirl drummer [1] ( lat. Habroptila wallacii ) is a large species of flightless birds from the shepherd’s family, the only representative of the monotypic genus Habroptila .
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
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Habroptila wallacii GR Gray , 1860 |
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Vulnerable speciesIUCN 3.1 Vulnerable : 22692781 |
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Large, up to 55 cm long, black bird with a long red beak and red legs. It lives on the island of Halmahera ( Malay archipelago ).
It feeds on small vertebrates, mainly rodents, reptiles, amphibians and small birds, insects and occasionally seeds. The lifestyle has been little studied.
- ↑ Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 71. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
