Curve-billed Tinamou vs Puna Tinamou

Nothoprocta curvirostris comparé à Tinamotis pentlandii

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut Curve-billed Tinamou Puna Tinamou
Nom scientifique Nothoprocta curvirostris Tinamotis pentlandii
Ordre Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Famille Tinamidae Tinamidae
Statut de conservation Least Concern Least Concern
Longueur
Envergure 32,0 cm (12.6 in) 50,7 cm (20.0 in)
Poids 376,0 g (13.26 oz) 943,2 g (33.27 oz)
Régime alimentaire Grazes grasses and sedges in Asian wetlands; dabbles for aquatic invertebrates; forms large flocks; migratory … Eats grasses, roots, and aquatic plants; grazes pastures and wetland margins; diet shifts to cereal …
Taille de la couvée 2-4 4-7
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

Curve-billed Tinamou only

Aucun(e)

Puna Tinamou only

Aucun(e)

Curve-billed Tinamou

High puna grassland, paramo, and scrubby slopes at 3,000–4,500 m in the Andes of Ecuador and northern Peru. Associated with wet paramo, cushion bogs, and rocky terrain.

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

Curve-billed Tinamou

Chant

A soft, falling 2-note whistle from Andean cloud forest edges. Carries well through mist-shrouded vegetation. Considered a quieter species overall among highland tinamous.

Puna Tinamou

Chant

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

Curve-billed Tinamou

Restricted to the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Minas Gerais). Sedentary; critically threatened.

Puna Tinamou

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

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Statut de conservation

Least Concern

Curve-billed Tinamou

Least Concern

Puna Tinamou

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How to Tell Them Apart

Curve-billed Tinamou

Plumage

Brown upperparts with blackish vermiculations and buff streaks. Distinctive curved bill. Pale supercilium. Breast spotted on pale buff; belly whitish. Flanks barred. Andean cloud forest species.

Puna Tinamou

Plumage

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

Curve-billed Tinamou

A small compact tinamou with a notably long decurved bill, brown-streaked plumage, and pale underparts. Found in high Andean grasslands in Ecuador and Peru. The curved bill is adapted to probing soil for invertebrates and tubers in puna habitats.

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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