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species found in Mexico,
Central America, and
South America. The word "
tinamou"
comes from the
Galibi term for
these birds, tinamu.
Tinamous are the only...
- The
Magdalena tinamou,
Crypturellus erythropus saltuarius, is a
member of one of the most
ancient bird families, the tinamous. It is
endemic to the Magdalena...
- The red-winged
tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens) is a medium-sized ground-living bird from
central and
eastern South America.
Other common names for the...
- The
cinereous tinamou (Crypturellus cinereus), also
known as
brushland tinamou, is a type of
ground bird
found in
swamp and
lowland forests in northern...
- The
little tinamou (Crypturellus soui) is a
species of
tinamou. It is
found in
Central and
South America, as well as on the
Caribbean island of Trinidad...
- The
Chilean tinamou (Nothoprocta perdicaria) is a type of
tinamou commonly found in high
elevation shrubland in
subtropical regions of
central Chile....
- The
dwarf tinamou (Taoniscus n****), also
known as the
least tinamou, is a small,
superficially partridge-like bird with
short tail and wings,
found only...
- The
great tinamou (Tinamus major) is a
species of
tinamou ground bird
native to
Central and
South America.
There are
several subspecies,
mostly differentiated...
- The
black tinamou (Tinamus osgoodi) is a
species of
ground bird
found in
humid foothill and
montane forest in the
Andes of
South America. All tinamous...
- The
rusty tinamou or short-billed
tinamou (Crypturellus brevirostris) is a type of
tinamou commonly found in
swamp forest in
tropical regions of South...
