Barred Tinamou vs Choco Tinamou

Crypturellus casiquiare verglichen mit Crypturellus kerriae

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Barred Tinamou Choco Tinamou
Wissenschaftlicher Name Crypturellus casiquiare Crypturellus kerriae
Ordnung Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Familie Tinamidae Tinamidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Near Threatened
Länge
Flügelspannweite 27,0 cm (10.6 in) 30,8 cm (12.1 in)
Gewicht 287,625 g (10.15 oz) 443,4 g (15.64 oz)
Ernährung Grazes grasses and aquatic vegetation near wetland edges; sedges and stems dominate diet; supplements with … Eats seeds, small invertebrates, and fallen berries in South American savanna; solitary ground feeder.
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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Barred Tinamou only

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Choco Tinamou only

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Barred Tinamou

Restricted to humid lowland forest along the Casiquiare canal region of southern Venezuela and extreme northwestern Brazil. Associated with river-edge and flooded forest at low elevations. Rarely recorded.

Choco Tinamou

Dense humid lowland forest in the Darién region of eastern Panama and Chocó of Colombia, below 300 m. Extremely restricted to this narrow Pacific bioregion. Rarely encountered even by experienced field ornithologists.

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Song & Call Comparison

Barred Tinamou

Gesang

A slow, hollow whistle from blackwater river forest of the upper Orinoco. Call is distinctive but rarely recorded given its restricted range on the Venezuela-Colombia border.

Choco Tinamou

Gesang

A soft, hesitant whistle from dense Choco rainforest — one of the most poorly documented tinamou calls, reflecting its restricted and threatened lowland Pacific rainforest habitat.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Barred Tinamou

Inhabits savannas and forest edges of northeastern Brazil's semi-arid Caatinga region. Sedentary and endemic to this biome.

Choco Tinamou

Inhabits open grasslands and steppes of Patagonian Argentina and Chile. Largely sedentary; some seasonal altitudinal movements.

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Barred Tinamou

Near Threatened

Choco Tinamou

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How to Tell Them Apart

Barred Tinamou

Gefieder

Heavily and boldly barred throughout; upperparts dark brown with broad black bars. Crown blackish; face pale. Throat whitish; breast and flanks strongly barred black and buff. Belly whitish.

Choco Tinamou

Gefieder

Dark brown upperparts with blackish barring; crown dark. Throat whitish; breast and flanks rufous-brown. Belly pale buff. Reddish legs. Restricted to humid Chocó forests; sexes similar.

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About These Birds

Barred Tinamou

A small tinamou with distinctly barred brown-and-buff plumage. Restricted to the Casiquiare region of Venezuela and adjacent northwestern Brazil—one of the most restricted tinamou ranges. Nearly all data come from specimens. Inhabits humid lowland forest along river systems.

Choco Tinamou

A small dark tinamou with black-barred olive-brown plumage. One of the least-known tinamous in the world, restricted to the Chocó bioregion of Colombia and Panama. Known from very few specimens; virtually unstudied in the field. Inhabits dense lowland Pacific forest.

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