Curve-billed Tinamou vs Puna Tinamou

Nothoprocta curvirostris 比較対象 Tinamotis pentlandii

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Curve-billed Tinamou Puna Tinamou
学名 Nothoprocta curvirostris Tinamotis pentlandii
Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Tinamidae Tinamidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 32.0 cm (12.6 in) 50.7 cm (20.0 in)
体重 376.0 g (13.26 oz) 943.2 g (33.27 oz)
食性 Grazes grasses and sedges in Asian wetlands; dabbles for aquatic invertebrates; forms large flocks; migratory … Eats grasses, roots, and aquatic plants; grazes pastures and wetland margins; diet shifts to cereal …
一腹卵数 2-4 4-7
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Curve-billed Tinamou only

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Puna Tinamou only

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Curve-billed Tinamou

High puna grassland, paramo, and scrubby slopes at 3,000–4,500 m in the Andes of Ecuador and northern Peru. Associated with wet paramo, cushion bogs, and rocky terrain.

Puna Tinamou

Open puna grassland, bunchgrass plains, and rocky hillsides at 3,500–5,000 m in the Andes from Peru through Bolivia to northern Chile and northwestern Argentina.

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Song & Call Comparison

Curve-billed Tinamou

さえずり

A soft, falling 2-note whistle from Andean cloud forest edges. Carries well through mist-shrouded vegetation. Considered a quieter species overall among highland tinamous.

Puna Tinamou

さえずり

A high-pitched, clear whistle from high Andean puna. Call carries through the thin air of altiplano above 4,000 m elevation. Among the highest-dwelling tinamou species.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Curve-billed Tinamou

Restricted to the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Minas Gerais). Sedentary; critically threatened.

Puna Tinamou

Inhabits marshes and wetland edges across the Southern Cone; from southeastern Brazil to Patagonian Argentina. Partially migratory.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Curve-billed Tinamou

Least Concern

Puna Tinamou

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How to Tell Them Apart

Curve-billed Tinamou

羽毛

Brown upperparts with blackish vermiculations and buff streaks. Distinctive curved bill. Pale supercilium. Breast spotted on pale buff; belly whitish. Flanks barred. Andean cloud forest species.

Puna Tinamou

羽毛

Large; grayish-brown upperparts streaked dark. Crown grayish with pale central stripe; white supercilium. Breast grayish spotted; flanks barred. Belly whitish. Adapted to high-altitude Andean puna.

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About These Birds

Curve-billed Tinamou

A small compact tinamou with a notably long decurved bill, brown-streaked plumage, and pale underparts. Found in high Andean grasslands in Ecuador and Peru. The curved bill is adapted to probing soil for invertebrates and tubers in puna habitats.

Puna Tinamou

プーナティナムはアンデス高原の高山草原に生息するシギダチョウです。ペルー、ボリビア、アルゼンチンの高地に分布します。

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