Small-billed Tinamou vs Ornate Tinamou

Crypturellus parvirostris 比較対象 Nothoprocta ornata

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Small-billed Tinamou Ornate Tinamou
学名 Crypturellus parvirostris Nothoprocta ornata
Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Tinamidae Tinamidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 22.2 cm (8.7 in) 37.1 cm (14.6 in)
体重 193.0 g (6.81 oz) 624.5 g (22.03 oz)
食性 Plucks grasses, aquatic plants, and seeds from wetland margins in South America; large body requires … Herbivorous, grazing grasses and sedges near water; dabbles for aquatic invertebrates during breeding; forms large …
一腹卵数 2-5 4-9
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

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Small-billed Tinamou

Cerrado woodland, savanna grassland, gallery forest edges, and campo sujo in central Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Tolerates degraded habitats and cultivated areas. Most common in open and transitional zones.

Ornate Tinamou

High puna grassland, rocky outcrops, and shrubby slopes at 3,000–4,800 m in the Andes from Peru through Bolivia to northwestern Argentina and Chile. Often near rocky gullies and streams.

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Song & Call Comparison

Small-billed Tinamou

さえずり

A high-pitched whistle with minimal variation. Among the smaller tinamous; call reflects its tiny size with a thinner tone. Found in open Cerrado grassland-forest edge.

Ornate Tinamou

さえずり

A musical, clear whistle from Andean puna and bofedales. Call is a repeated 2-note phrase. Considered one of the more melodic high-elevation tinamous in the genus.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Small-billed Tinamou

Found in forests and forest margins from southern Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia. Sedentary in warm lowland and foothill habitats.

Ornate Tinamou

Ranges along Pacific slopes of the Andes from Ecuador to central Chile. Sedentary in arid and semi-arid foothill scrub.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Small-billed Tinamou

Least Concern

Ornate Tinamou

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How to Tell Them Apart

Small-billed Tinamou

羽毛

Small and compact with brown upperparts finely barred dark; crown dark brown. Throat pale; breast rufous-buff. Belly whitish. Disproportionately small bill. Reddish legs. Sexes similar.

Ornate Tinamou

羽毛

Intricately patterned; upperparts grayish-brown with black streaks and whitish shaft streaks. Bold pale supercilium. Breast spotted and streaked on pale buff. Belly whitish. Striking Andean species.

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About These Birds

Small-billed Tinamou

スモールビルドティナム(Crypturellus parvirostris)— ブラジルとアルゼンチンのセラードと乾燥林に生息するティナム。小さい嘴が特徴。

Ornate Tinamou

A striking medium-sized tinamou with intricately patterned brown, black, and white plumage—one of the most ornately marked tinamou species. Found in Andean puna from Peru to Argentina. Terrestrial and gregarious, often found in small flocks. Calls with a clear fluted whistle.

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