Brown Tinamou vs Ornate Tinamou

Crypturellus obsoletus 비교 대상 Nothoprocta ornata

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Brown Tinamou Ornate Tinamou
학명 Crypturellus obsoletus Nothoprocta ornata
Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Tinamidae Tinamidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 32.0 cm (12.6 in) 37.1 cm (14.6 in)
체중 478.8333333333333 g (16.89 oz) 624.5 g (22.03 oz)
식성 Eats grass seeds, berries, and arthropods in open cerrado; forages in small groups; invertebrate intake … Herbivorous, grazing grasses and sedges near water; dabbles for aquatic invertebrates during breeding; forms large …
산란 수 2-4 4-9
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Brown Tinamou only

Ornate Tinamou only

Brown Tinamou

Humid forests from sea level to 2,200 m along the Andes and in Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, and Paraguay. Prefers dense forest interior and forest-edge thickets. Tolerates secondary forest.

Ornate Tinamou

High puna grassland, rocky outcrops, and shrubby slopes at 3,000–4,800 m in the Andes from Peru through Bolivia to northwestern Argentina and Chile. Often near rocky gullies and streams.

Song & Call Comparison

Brown Tinamou

노래

A slow series of rich, whistled notes, descending or ascending. Call carries through secondary forest. One of the more musical tinamous in the Crypturellus genus.

Ornate Tinamou

노래

A musical, clear whistle from Andean puna and bofedales. Call is a repeated 2-note phrase. Considered one of the more melodic high-elevation tinamous in the genus.

Geographic Range & Migration

Brown Tinamou

Inhabits grasslands and open areas across southern South America from sea level to high Patagonian steppes. Largely non-migratory.

Ornate Tinamou

Ranges along Pacific slopes of the Andes from Ecuador to central Chile. Sedentary in arid and semi-arid foothill scrub.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Brown Tinamou

Least Concern

Ornate Tinamou

How to Tell Them Apart

Brown Tinamou

깃털

Plain warm brown upperparts with minimal barring; crown darker. Throat whitish to pale buff; breast rich brown; belly paler buff. Legs and bill reddish. Relatively uniform compared to congeners.

Ornate Tinamou

깃털

Intricately patterned; upperparts grayish-brown with black streaks and whitish shaft streaks. Bold pale supercilium. Breast spotted and streaked on pale buff. Belly whitish. Striking Andean species.

About These Birds

Brown Tinamou

옅은 아랫면, 줄무늬 옆구리, 붉은 다리를 가진 중간 크기의 진한 갈색 티나무다. 남미 안데스 동부 사면의 습한 산지 삼림에 서식한다.

Ornate Tinamou

A striking medium-sized tinamou with intricately patterned brown, black, and white plumage—one of the most ornately marked tinamou species. Found in Andean puna from Peru to Argentina. Terrestrial and gregarious, often found in small flocks. Calls with a clear fluted whistle.

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