Small-billed Tinamou vs Great Tinamou

Crypturellus parvirostris 比較対象 Tinamus major

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Small-billed Tinamou Great Tinamou
学名 Crypturellus parvirostris Tinamus major
Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Tinamidae Tinamidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 22.2 cm (8.7 in) 48.2 cm (19.0 in)
体重 193.0 g (6.81 oz) 1006.75 g (35.51 oz)
食性 Plucks grasses, aquatic plants, and seeds from wetland margins in South America; large body requires … Ground-forager eating seeds, fallen fruits, and small invertebrates in Chilean matorral scrub; pecks and scratches …
一腹卵数 2-5 3-6
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Small-billed Tinamou only

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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.

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

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.

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

Small-billed Tinamou

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

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

Small-billed Tinamou

Least Concern

Great 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.

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

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。

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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