Grey-legged Tinamou vs Solitary Tinamou

Crypturellus duidae 比較対象 Tinamus solitarius

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Grey-legged Tinamou Solitary Tinamou
学名 Crypturellus duidae Tinamus solitarius
Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Tinamidae Tinamidae
保全状況 Least Concern Near Threatened
体長
翼開長 32.6 cm (12.8 in) 52.3 cm (20.6 in)
体重 429.5 g (15.15 oz) 1428.5 g (50.39 oz)
食性 Ground-gleaner taking seeds, berries, and arthropods in Amazonian forests; invertebrate proportion rises in wet season. Omnivorous ground-forager in Patagonian steppes; eats seeds, berries, shoots, and insects; diet shifts toward seeds …
一腹卵数 -- 6-7
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Grey-legged Tinamou only

None

Solitary Tinamou only

None

Grey-legged Tinamou

Montane forest and shrubby tepui slopes at 600–1,800 m on isolated table-mountains in southern Venezuela and adjacent northern Brazil. Restricted range; known from very few locations.

Solitary Tinamou

Dense Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil from Bahia south to Rio Grande do Sul, into northeastern Argentina and Paraguay. Prefers humid lowland and foothill forest with closed canopy and thick undergrowth. Below 900 m.

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Song & Call Comparison

Grey-legged Tinamou

さえずり

A series of hollow whistles with a slightly husky tone. Calls from dense forest floor cover in tepui foothills. Considered vocally conservative among Crypturellus tinamous.

Solitary Tinamou

さえずり

Delivers a pure, mournful flute-like whistle repeated slowly. The call is a single clear 'whooo' rising then falling, given from dense understory. Less frequently heard than other tinamous.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Grey-legged Tinamou

Endemic to the humid Andean slopes of western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. Sedentary in cloud forest from 800 to 2,200 m.

Solitary Tinamou

Restricted to Paraguay, southern Bolivia, and northern Argentina. Sedentary in dry Chaco woodlands and open grasslands year-round.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Grey-legged Tinamou

Near Threatened

Solitary Tinamou

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How to Tell Them Apart

Grey-legged Tinamou

羽毛

Dark brown upperparts with blackish barring. Diagnostic gray legs distinguish it from red-legged congeners. Throat whitish; breast rufous-brown; belly pale. Crown darker; sexes similar.

Solitary Tinamou

羽毛

Rich dark brown upperparts heavily barred and vermiculated with black. Crown dark; throat whitish. Breast rufous-brown; belly pale buff. Flanks broadly barred dark brown. Sexes similar.

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About These Birds

Grey-legged Tinamou

グレートティナム(Crypturellus duidae)— ベネズエラ南部のテプイ(卓状山)付近に生息する希少なティナム。高地の森林に生息する。

Solitary Tinamou

ソリタリーティナムはブラジル東部の大西洋岸森林に生息するシギダチョウです。単独行動を好むことから名前がついています。

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