Dwarf Tinamou vs Solitary Tinamou

Taoniscus nanus 比較対象 Tinamus solitarius

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Dwarf Tinamou Solitary Tinamou
学名 Taoniscus nanus Tinamus solitarius
Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Tinamidae Tinamidae
保全状況 Endangered Near Threatened
体長
翼開長 15.3 cm (6.0 in) 52.3 cm (20.6 in)
体重 43.0 g (1.52 oz) 1428.5 g (50.39 oz)
食性 Eats grasses and agricultural grain; migratory; grazes pastures and stubble fields in winter across Europe … Omnivorous ground-forager in Patagonian steppes; eats seeds, berries, shoots, and insects; diet shifts toward seeds …
一腹卵数 3 6-7
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Dwarf Tinamou only

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Dwarf Tinamou

Intact campo sujo and campo limpo grasslands of the cerrado in central Brazil. Extremely sensitive to burning, grazing, and conversion of native grasslands. One of the world's most poorly known birds.

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

Dwarf Tinamou

さえずり

Poorly documented; the Dwarf Tinamou is an endangered cerrado endemic whose call is a thin, very high-pitched whistle. Rarely recorded; secretive in tall grass.

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

Dwarf Tinamou

Found in the coastal Humboldt Current region of Peru and Chile. Largely sedentary; range closely tied to cold upwelling waters.

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

Endangered

Dwarf Tinamou

Near Threatened

Solitary Tinamou

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How to Tell Them Apart

Dwarf Tinamou

羽毛

Minute; brown-gray upperparts with buff and blackish barring. Crown dark brown with pale center. Throat pale; breast buff with brown spots. Belly whitish. Smallest tinamou; critically threatened cerrado species.

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

Dwarf Tinamou

The smallest tinamou in the world, weighing only 40–50 g, with brown-streaked plumage and a very short bill. Critically Endangered and poorly known; restricted to intact cerrado grasslands of central Brazil. Considered one of South America's rarest and most enigmatic birds.

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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