Undulated Tinamou vs Ornate Tinamou

Crypturellus undulatus 比較対象 Nothoprocta ornata

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Undulated Tinamou Ornate Tinamou
学名 Crypturellus undulatus Nothoprocta ornata
Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Tinamidae Tinamidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 34.5 cm (13.6 in) 37.1 cm (14.6 in)
体重 550.6666666666666 g (19.42 oz) 624.5 g (22.03 oz)
食性 Ground-forager in South American dry forests; takes seeds, berries, and invertebrates; diet shifts to tubers … Herbivorous, grazing grasses and sedges near water; dabbles for aquatic invertebrates during breeding; forms large …
一腹卵数 4-5 4-9
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Undulated Tinamou only

Ornate Tinamou only

Undulated Tinamou

Humid forests, forest edges, cerrado woodland, and gallery forest in the Amazon basin and adjacent cerrado from Venezuela and Colombia to Argentina. Tolerates seasonally flooded forest and disturbed secondary habitats.

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

Undulated Tinamou

さえずり

A loud, repeated undulating whistle that rises and falls — matching its name 'undulated'. Carries well through várzea forest and wetland edges across its broad range.

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

Undulated Tinamou

Found in scrubby hillsides and forest edges from Mexico south through Central America to Honduras. Sedentary at low to mid elevations.

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

Undulated Tinamou

Least Concern

Ornate Tinamou

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How to Tell Them Apart

Undulated Tinamou

羽毛

Brown upperparts with pronounced wavy blackish barring and undulations. Pale buff-white throat; breast rufous-brown. Belly whitish with barred flanks. Reddish-orange legs diagnostic. 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

Undulated Tinamou

アンデュレーテッドティナム(Crypturellus undulatus)— 南アメリカ広域の低地林に生息するティナム。波状の縞模様をもつ。

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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