Bartlett's Tinamou vs Undulated Tinamou

Crypturellus bartletti comparado con Crypturellus undulatus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Bartlett's Tinamou Undulated Tinamou
Nombre científico Crypturellus bartletti Crypturellus undulatus
Orden Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Familia Tinamidae Tinamidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 27,1 cm (10.7 in) 34,5 cm (13.6 in)
Peso 241,0 g (8.50 oz) 550,6666666666666 g (19.42 oz)
Dieta Grazes aquatic vegetation, grasses, and sedges in South American marshes; wades in shallow water; diet … Ground-forager in South American dry forests; takes seeds, berries, and invertebrates; diet shifts to tubers …
Tamaño de la puesta -- 4-5
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Bartlett's Tinamou only

Ninguno

Undulated Tinamou only

Ninguno

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.

Undulated Tinamou

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.

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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.

Undulated Tinamou

Canto

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.

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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.

Undulated Tinamou

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

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Bartlett's Tinamou

Least Concern

Undulated 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.

Undulated Tinamou

Plumaje

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.

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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.

Undulated Tinamou

Tinamú ondulado (Crypturellus undulatus) — Tinamú de amplia distribución en Sudamérica, frecuente en zonas de Cerrado, bosque de galería y la periferia amazónica. Su canto 'pou-pou-pou' repetitivo es inconfundible. Hábitos terrestres.

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