Variegated Tinamou vs Ornate Tinamou

Crypturellus variegatus 비교 대상 Nothoprocta ornata

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Variegated Tinamou Ornate Tinamou
학명 Crypturellus variegatus Nothoprocta ornata
Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Tinamidae Tinamidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 31.1 cm (12.2 in) 37.1 cm (14.6 in)
체중 363.0 g (12.80 oz) 624.5 g (22.03 oz)
식성 Herbivorous grazer eating grasses, sedges, and aquatic vegetation; grazes communally on flooded grasslands in northern … Herbivorous, grazing grasses and sedges near water; dabbles for aquatic invertebrates during breeding; forms large …
산란 수 1 4-9
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Variegated Tinamou only

Ornate Tinamou only

Variegated Tinamou

Lowland humid tropical forest in the Amazon basin, from southern Venezuela and the Guianas through Peru, Bolivia, and central Brazil. Prefers undisturbed forest interior, tolerating some várzea and forest edge.

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

Variegated Tinamou

노래

A clear, loud whistle of 2-3 falling notes. Called variably from lowland Amazonian forest. One of the more frequently encountered and identified Crypturellus in its range.

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

Variegated Tinamou

Found in the highlands of central Peru, Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina. Sedentary in puna grasslands at 3,000–4,500 m.

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

Variegated Tinamou

Least Concern

Ornate Tinamou

How to Tell Them Apart

Variegated Tinamou

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

Variegated Tinamou

밤색, 검은색, 황색이 혼합된 화려하게 무늬진 깃털을 가진 중간 크기의 티나무다. 베네수엘라에서 브라질 북부까지 아마존 분지의 습한 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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