Barred Tinamou vs Ornate Tinamou

Crypturellus casiquiare verglichen mit Nothoprocta ornata

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Barred Tinamou Ornate Tinamou
Wissenschaftlicher Name Crypturellus casiquiare Nothoprocta ornata
Ordnung Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Familie Tinamidae Tinamidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 27,0 cm (10.6 in) 37,1 cm (14.6 in)
Gewicht 287,625 g (10.15 oz) 624,5 g (22.03 oz)
Ernährung Grazes grasses and aquatic vegetation near wetland edges; sedges and stems dominate diet; supplements with … Herbivorous, grazing grasses and sedges near water; dabbles for aquatic invertebrates during breeding; forms large …
Gelegegröße -- 4-9
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

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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.

Ornate Tinamou

High puna grassland, rocky outcrops, and shrubby slopes at 3,000–4,800 m in the Andes from Peru through Bolivia to northwestern Argentina and Chile. Often near rocky gullies and streams.

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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.

Ornate Tinamou

Gesang

A musical, clear whistle from Andean puna and bofedales. Call is a repeated 2-note phrase. Considered one of the more melodic high-elevation tinamous in the genus.

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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.

Ornate Tinamou

Ranges along Pacific slopes of the Andes from Ecuador to central Chile. Sedentary in arid and semi-arid foothill scrub.

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Barred Tinamou

Least Concern

Ornate 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.

Ornate Tinamou

Gefieder

Intricately patterned; upperparts grayish-brown with black streaks and whitish shaft streaks. Bold pale supercilium. Breast spotted and streaked on pale buff. Belly whitish. Striking Andean species.

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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.

Ornate Tinamou

A striking medium-sized tinamou with intricately patterned brown, black, and white plumage—one of the most ornately marked tinamou species. Found in Andean puna from Peru to Argentina. Terrestrial and gregarious, often found in small flocks. Calls with a clear fluted whistle.

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