Black-capped Tinamou vs Great Tinamou

Crypturellus atrocapillus 比較対象 Tinamus major

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Black-capped Tinamou Great Tinamou
学名 Crypturellus atrocapillus Tinamus major
Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Tinamidae Tinamidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 33.1 cm (13.0 in) 48.2 cm (19.0 in)
体重 452.5 g (15.96 oz) 1006.75 g (35.51 oz)
食性 Seeds, tubers, and insects form the diet; forages on open grassland floors of central South … Ground-forager eating seeds, fallen fruits, and small invertebrates in Chilean matorral scrub; pecks and scratches …
一腹卵数 -- 3-6
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

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Black-capped Tinamou

Humid foothill and lower montane forest at 250–1,200 m on the eastern Andean slopes from southern Colombia to Bolivia. Prefers dense undergrowth with mossy forest floor near streams.

Great Tinamou

Humid lowland and foothill tropical rainforest from southern Mexico through Central America to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil. Prefers undisturbed forest interior with dense understorey. Nests on the ground.

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Song & Call Comparison

Black-capped Tinamou

さえずり

A deep, hollow whistle repeated slowly. Considered vocally similar to Variegated Tinamou but delivers its call from Andean foothill forest at lower elevations.

Great Tinamou

さえずり

A beautiful, pure whistled phrase repeated at regular intervals from the forest floor. Call is a clear 'wheeeoo-wheeeoo'. Among the most musical tinamou calls in its range.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Black-capped Tinamou

Found in arid scrublands and dry woodlands of Peru and Bolivia. Sedentary; restricted to western slope Andean valleys below 2,500 m.

Great Tinamou

Found in open habitats from Venezuela and Guianas through Bolivia to northeastern Argentina. Sedentary in dry savannas and grasslands.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Black-capped Tinamou

Least Concern

Great Tinamou

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How to Tell Them Apart

Black-capped Tinamou

羽毛

Distinctive blackish-brown crown and nape contrasting with rufous sides of head. Upperparts brown with black barring. Throat pale; breast rufous. Belly buff. Flanks barred. Reddish legs. Sexes similar.

Great Tinamou

羽毛

Olive-brown to grayish-brown upperparts with black vermiculations and barring. Crown darker brownish; throat whitish. Breast grayish-brown; belly pale buff. Flanks barred with dark brown.

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About These Birds

Black-capped Tinamou

ブラックキャップドティナム(Crypturellus atrocapillus)— アマゾン盆地の熱帯雨林に生息するティナム。黒い頭頂部が特徴。低地の密な森で生活する。

Great Tinamou

グレートティナムはメキシコから南米にかけての熱帯雨林に生息する大型のシギダチョウです。深みのある鳴き声で知られています。

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