Lesser Nothura vs Solitary Tinamou

Nothura minor 比較対象 Tinamus solitarius

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Lesser Nothura Solitary Tinamou
学名 Nothura minor Tinamus solitarius
Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Tinamidae Tinamidae
保全状況 Vulnerable Near Threatened
体長
翼開長 22.0 cm (8.7 in) 52.3 cm (20.6 in)
体重 163.33333333333334 g (5.76 oz) 1428.5 g (50.39 oz)
食性 Eats grasses, seeds, and aquatic plants; migratory; supplements diet with invertebrates in breeding season across … Omnivorous ground-forager in Patagonian steppes; eats seeds, berries, shoots, and insects; diet shifts toward seeds …
一腹卵数 2-4 6-7
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Lesser Nothura only

Solitary 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.

Solitary Tinamou

Dense Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil from Bahia south to Rio Grande do Sul, into northeastern Argentina and Paraguay. Prefers humid lowland and foothill forest with closed canopy and thick undergrowth. Below 900 m.

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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.

Solitary Tinamou

さえずり

Delivers a pure, mournful flute-like whistle repeated slowly. The call is a single clear 'whooo' rising then falling, given from dense understory. Less frequently heard than other tinamous.

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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.

Solitary Tinamou

Restricted to Paraguay, southern Bolivia, and northern Argentina. Sedentary in dry Chaco woodlands and open grasslands year-round.

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保全状況

Vulnerable

Lesser Nothura

Near Threatened

Solitary 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.

Solitary Tinamou

羽毛

Rich dark brown upperparts heavily barred and vermiculated with black. Crown dark; throat whitish. Breast rufous-brown; belly pale buff. Flanks broadly barred dark brown. Sexes similar.

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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.

Solitary Tinamou

ソリタリーティナムはブラジル東部の大西洋岸森林に生息するシギダチョウです。単独行動を好むことから名前がついています。

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