Small-billed Tinamou vs Ornate Tinamou

Crypturellus parvirostris 비교 대상 Nothoprocta ornata

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Small-billed Tinamou Ornate Tinamou
학명 Crypturellus parvirostris Nothoprocta ornata
Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Tinamidae Tinamidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 22.2 cm (8.7 in) 37.1 cm (14.6 in)
체중 193.0 g (6.81 oz) 624.5 g (22.03 oz)
식성 Plucks grasses, aquatic plants, and seeds from wetland margins in South America; large body requires … Herbivorous, grazing grasses and sedges near water; dabbles for aquatic invertebrates during breeding; forms large …
산란 수 2-5 4-9
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Small-billed Tinamou only

Ornate Tinamou only

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Small-billed Tinamou

Cerrado woodland, savanna grassland, gallery forest edges, and campo sujo in central Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Tolerates degraded habitats and cultivated areas. Most common in open and transitional zones.

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.

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Song & Call Comparison

Small-billed Tinamou

노래

A high-pitched whistle with minimal variation. Among the smaller tinamous; call reflects its tiny size with a thinner tone. Found in open Cerrado grassland-forest edge.

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Small-billed Tinamou

Found in forests and forest margins from southern Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia. Sedentary in warm lowland and foothill habitats.

Ornate Tinamou

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

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Small-billed Tinamou

Least Concern

Ornate Tinamou

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How to Tell Them Apart

Small-billed Tinamou

깃털

Small and compact with brown upperparts finely barred dark; crown dark brown. Throat pale; breast rufous-buff. Belly whitish. Disproportionately small bill. Reddish legs. Sexes similar.

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.

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About These Birds

Small-billed Tinamou

갈색 깃털, 옅은 아랫면, 두드러지게 짧고 가는 부리를 가진 작은 티나무다. 브라질 중부와 동부의 세라도와 건조 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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