Lesser Nothura vs Great Tinamou

Nothura minor 比較対象 Tinamus major

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Lesser Nothura Great Tinamou
学名 Nothura minor Tinamus major
Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Tinamidae Tinamidae
保全状況 Vulnerable Least Concern
体長
翼開長 22.0 cm (8.7 in) 48.2 cm (19.0 in)
体重 163.33333333333334 g (5.76 oz) 1006.75 g (35.51 oz)
食性 Eats grasses, seeds, and aquatic plants; migratory; supplements diet with invertebrates in breeding season across … Ground-forager eating seeds, fallen fruits, and small invertebrates in Chilean matorral scrub; pecks and scratches …
一腹卵数 2-4 3-6
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Lesser Nothura only

Great Tinamou only

Lesser Nothura

Native campo sujo and campo limpo grasslands of the cerrado biome in central Brazil. Highly dependent on intact native grassland with bunchgrass structure; very sensitive to exotic grass invasion and burning.

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

Lesser Nothura

さえずり

A thin, high whistle, poorly documented due to its vulnerable status and restricted campos habitat in interior Brazil. Rarely recorded; calls are considered similar to Spotted Nothura.

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

Lesser Nothura

Found in open grassy habitats of central South America from Bolivia and Brazil to Argentina. Sedentary; forages in short grassland.

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

Vulnerable

Lesser Nothura

Least Concern

Great Tinamou

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How to Tell Them Apart

Lesser Nothura

羽毛

Tiny cerrado tinamou; brown upperparts with fine buff and black streaking. Pale supercilium. Throat and breast buff-white spotted brown. Belly whitish. Smallest Nothura; threatened grassland specialist.

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

Lesser Nothura

A very small tinamou with finely streaked brown plumage and whitish underparts. One of the smallest tinamous. Restricted to the cerrado campos and grasslands of central Brazil. Critically Endangered due to loss of native cerrado. Calls with a thin high-pitched whistle.

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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