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Undulated Tinamou

Crypturellus undulatus

Least Concern
طول الجناح
34,5 cm
الوزن
550,6666666666666 g
الفصيلة
Tinamidae
الرتبة
Tinamiformes

حول

A medium-sized tinamou with fine undulating barring throughout its brown plumage, giving it a scalloped look. Widespread in Amazonian and Cerrado habitats. Produces a distinctive three- or four-note fluted call. Feeds on fallen fruits, arthropods, and seeds, often near gallery forests and water.

Physical Description

Measurement Value Imperial
طول الجناح 34,5 cm 13.6 in
الوزن 550,6666666666666 g 19.42 oz

التعرف

الريش

Brown upperparts with pronounced wavy blackish barring and undulations. Pale buff-white throat; breast rufous-brown. Belly whitish with barred flanks. Reddish-orange legs diagnostic. Sexes similar.

Habitat & Range

Humid forests, forest edges, cerrado woodland, and gallery forest in the Amazon basin and adjacent cerrado from Venezuela and Colombia to Argentina. Tolerates seasonally flooded forest and disturbed secondary habitats.

النطاق الجغرافي

Found in scrubby hillsides and forest edges from Mexico south through Central America to Honduras. Sedentary at low to mid elevations.

Diet & Feeding

Ground-forager in South American dry forests; takes seeds, berries, and invertebrates; diet shifts to tubers in dry season.

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern
IUCN Red List

السلوك والتكاثر

التعشيش

Incubation: 17 days.

عدد البيض في الوضع

4-5

الصوت

الغناء

A loud, repeated undulating whistle that rises and falls — matching its name 'undulated'. Carries well through várzea forest and wetland edges across its broad range.

التصنيف

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
الرتبة Tinamiformes (Tinamous)
الفصيلة Tinamidae (Tinamous)
Genus Crypturellus
الأنواع Crypturellus undulatus

Distribution

Undulated Tinamou has been recorded in 4 countries.

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موجود Not recorded
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External Databases

الأسئلة الشائعة

What does the Undulated Tinamou eat?
Ground-forager in South American dry forests; takes seeds, berries, and invertebrates; diet shifts to tubers in dry season.
Where does the Undulated Tinamou live?
Humid forests, forest edges, cerrado woodland, and gallery forest in the Amazon basin and adjacent cerrado from Venezuela and Colombia to Argentina. Tolerates seasonally flooded forest and disturbed secondary habitats.
Is the Undulated Tinamou endangered?
The Undulated Tinamou has a conservation status of Least Concern.
How does the Undulated Tinamou nest?
Incubation: 17 days.
What does the Undulated Tinamou sound like?
A loud, repeated undulating whistle that rises and falls — matching its name 'undulated'. Carries well through várzea forest and wetland edges across its broad range.
How big is the Undulated Tinamou?
The Undulated Tinamou has a wingspan of 34.5 cm, weight of 550.6666666666666 g.
What order and family does the Undulated Tinamou belong to?
The Undulated Tinamou (Crypturellus undulatus) belongs to the order Tinamiformes and the family Tinamidae.

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