Barred Tinamou vs Puna Tinamou

Crypturellus casiquiare comparado con Tinamotis pentlandii

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Barred Tinamou Puna Tinamou
Nombre científico Crypturellus casiquiare Tinamotis pentlandii
Orden Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Familia Tinamidae Tinamidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 27,0 cm (10.6 in) 50,7 cm (20.0 in)
Peso 287,625 g (10.15 oz) 943,2 g (33.27 oz)
Dieta Grazes grasses and aquatic vegetation near wetland edges; sedges and stems dominate diet; supplements with … Eats grasses, roots, and aquatic plants; grazes pastures and wetland margins; diet shifts to cereal …
Tamaño de la puesta -- 4-7
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Barred Tinamou only

Puna Tinamou only

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.

Puna Tinamou

Open puna grassland, bunchgrass plains, and rocky hillsides at 3,500–5,000 m in the Andes from Peru through Bolivia to northern Chile and northwestern Argentina.

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Song & Call Comparison

Barred Tinamou

Canto

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.

Puna Tinamou

Canto

A high-pitched, clear whistle from high Andean puna. Call carries through the thin air of altiplano above 4,000 m elevation. Among the highest-dwelling tinamou species.

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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.

Puna Tinamou

Inhabits marshes and wetland edges across the Southern Cone; from southeastern Brazil to Patagonian Argentina. Partially migratory.

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Barred Tinamou

Least Concern

Puna Tinamou

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How to Tell Them Apart

Barred Tinamou

Plumaje

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.

Puna Tinamou

Plumaje

Large; grayish-brown upperparts streaked dark. Crown grayish with pale central stripe; white supercilium. Breast grayish spotted; flanks barred. Belly whitish. Adapted to high-altitude Andean puna.

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About These Birds

Barred Tinamou

Tinamú del Casiquiare (Crypturellus casiquiare) — Rara especie endémica de la cuenca del río Casiquiare, entre Venezuela y Brasil. Muy poco conocida. Habita en el sotobosque de la selva tropical de tierras bajas.

Puna Tinamou

A large robustly built tinamou with grey-brown streaked plumage and a slightly crested head. The only tinamou with a vestigial crest. Found on high Andean puna and altiplano. Gregarious, foraging in flocks on bunchgrass plains and rocky hillsides.

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