Variegated Tinamou vs Great Tinamou

Crypturellus variegatus 比較対象 Tinamus major

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Variegated Tinamou Great Tinamou
学名 Crypturellus variegatus Tinamus major
Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Tinamidae Tinamidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 31.1 cm (12.2 in) 48.2 cm (19.0 in)
体重 363.0 g (12.80 oz) 1006.75 g (35.51 oz)
食性 Herbivorous grazer eating grasses, sedges, and aquatic vegetation; grazes communally on flooded grasslands in northern … Ground-forager eating seeds, fallen fruits, and small invertebrates in Chilean matorral scrub; pecks and scratches …
一腹卵数 1 3-6
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Variegated Tinamou only

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Great Tinamou only

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Variegated Tinamou

Lowland humid tropical forest in the Amazon basin, from southern Venezuela and the Guianas through Peru, Bolivia, and central Brazil. Prefers undisturbed forest interior, tolerating some várzea and forest edge.

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.

Song & Call Comparison

Variegated Tinamou

さえずり

A clear, loud whistle of 2-3 falling notes. Called variably from lowland Amazonian forest. One of the more frequently encountered and identified Crypturellus in its range.

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.

Geographic Range & Migration

Variegated Tinamou

Found in the highlands of central Peru, Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina. Sedentary in puna grasslands at 3,000–4,500 m.

Great Tinamou

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

保全状況

Least Concern

Variegated Tinamou

Least Concern

Great Tinamou

How to Tell Them Apart

Variegated Tinamou

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.

About These Birds

Variegated Tinamou

バリエゲーテッドティナム(Crypturellus variegatus)— アマゾン盆地の湿った雨林に生息するティナム。複雑な縞・斑点模様をもつ。

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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