Characterization: Small species measuring about 37 cm in length. It has a black stripe form its neck to the chest, long feathers on the posterior region of its head and a black, white, and gray pattern in its plumage, as well as a sharp, bony spur measuring 1cm in length where the wings meet. His irises and legs are reddish.

Distribution: From Central America to Tierra del Fuego and throughout Brazil.

Habitat: Wetlands and pastures, usually with water.

Habits: A diurnal and terrestrial species, this bird lives in pairs or small flocks, often being found walking on the ground.

Diet: Carnivorous, feeding on insects, small crustaceans, mollusks, and other arthropods in the ground.

Breeding: It lays 3 to 4 eggs in small depressions on the ground.

UFRA area: This bird species is frequent, as it was spotted 76 times. It also has a broad spatial distribution, having been found in all habitats studied. In other words, organic sugarcane crops, exotic woods, wetlands with herbaceous plants, wetlands with riparian forests, in mixed forests in regeneration, restored native forests, in drainage ditches, and in forests and fields in spontaneous regeneration.