Bartlett's Tinamou vs Small-billed Tinamou

Crypturellus bartletti comparado con Crypturellus parvirostris

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Bartlett's Tinamou Small-billed Tinamou
Nombre científico Crypturellus bartletti Crypturellus parvirostris
Orden Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Familia Tinamidae Tinamidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 27,1 cm (10.7 in) 22,2 cm (8.7 in)
Peso 241,0 g (8.50 oz) 193,0 g (6.81 oz)
Dieta Grazes aquatic vegetation, grasses, and sedges in South American marshes; wades in shallow water; diet … Plucks grasses, aquatic plants, and seeds from wetland margins in South America; large body requires …
Tamaño de la puesta -- 2-5
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Bartlett's Tinamou only

Ninguno

Small-billed Tinamou only

Bartlett's Tinamou

Lowland humid forest in the western Amazon basin of Peru, Ecuador, and adjacent Colombia and Brazil. Prefers undisturbed terra firme and seasonally flooded forest interior below 400 m.

Small-billed Tinamou

Cerrado woodland, savanna grassland, gallery forest edges, and campo sujo in central Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Tolerates degraded habitats and cultivated areas. Most common in open and transitional zones.

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Song & Call Comparison

Bartlett's Tinamou

Canto

A soft, repeated whistle from Amazonian lowland forest. Less well known than other Crypturellus; its call is a simple 2-note descending whistle given from dense cover.

Small-billed Tinamou

Canto

A high-pitched whistle with minimal variation. Among the smaller tinamous; call reflects its tiny size with a thinner tone. Found in open Cerrado grassland-forest edge.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Bartlett's Tinamou

Ranges from southern Mexico through Central America to northern South America. Sedentary in humid lowland forest understory.

Small-billed Tinamou

Found in forests and forest margins from southern Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia. Sedentary in warm lowland and foothill habitats.

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Bartlett's Tinamou

Least Concern

Small-billed Tinamou

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How to Tell Them Apart

Bartlett's Tinamou

Plumaje

Brown upperparts with fine blackish barring; crown dark. Throat whitish to pale buff; breast rufous-brown. Belly buff-white. Reddish legs. Small tinamou of Amazonian lowland forests; sexes similar.

Small-billed Tinamou

Plumaje

Small and compact with brown upperparts finely barred dark; crown dark brown. Throat pale; breast rufous-buff. Belly whitish. Disproportionately small bill. Reddish legs. Sexes similar.

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About These Birds

Bartlett's Tinamou

A small brown tinamou with obscure barring and a grey throat, named after naturalist Edward Bartlett. Found in the western Amazon basin in Peru, Ecuador, and adjacent Brazil. Terrestrial and cryptic; detected mainly by its soft clear whistle in humid forest.

Small-billed Tinamou

Tinamú piquirrojo (Crypturellus parvirostris) — Tinamú pequeño de los cerrados y sabanas del interior de Sudamérica. Pico corto y rojizo. Habita en zonas de vegetación abierta. Canto silbado simple y repetitivo.

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