Variegated Tinamou vs Great Tinamou

Crypturellus variegatus 비교 대상 Tinamus major

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Variegated Tinamou Great Tinamou
학명 Crypturellus variegatus Tinamus major
Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Tinamidae Tinamidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 31.1 cm (12.2 in) 48.2 cm (19.0 in)
체중 363.0 g (12.80 oz) 1006.75 g (35.51 oz)
식성 Herbivorous grazer eating grasses, sedges, and aquatic vegetation; grazes communally on flooded grasslands in northern … Ground-forager eating seeds, fallen fruits, and small invertebrates in Chilean matorral scrub; pecks and scratches …
산란 수 1 3-6
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Variegated Tinamou only

없음

Great Tinamou only

없음

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.

Great Tinamou

Humid lowland and foothill tropical rainforest from southern Mexico through Central America to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil. Prefers undisturbed forest interior with dense understorey. Nests on the ground.

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.

Great Tinamou

노래

A beautiful, pure whistled phrase repeated at regular intervals from the forest floor. Call is a clear 'wheeeoo-wheeeoo'. Among the most musical tinamou calls in its range.

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.

Great Tinamou

Found in open habitats from Venezuela and Guianas through Bolivia to northeastern Argentina. Sedentary in dry savannas and grasslands.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Variegated Tinamou

Least Concern

Great Tinamou

How to Tell Them Apart

Variegated Tinamou

Great Tinamou

깃털

Olive-brown to grayish-brown upperparts with black vermiculations and barring. Crown darker brownish; throat whitish. Breast grayish-brown; belly pale buff. Flanks barred with dark brown.

About These Birds

Variegated Tinamou

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

Great Tinamou

대형 티나무는 중앙아메리카에서 남아메리카 북부까지 서식하는 가장 큰 티나무 중 하나입니다. 올리브 갈색 깃털과 적갈색 목이 특징이며, 열대 저지대 우림 바닥에서 생활하고 풍부하지만 눈에 잘 띄지 않는 종입니다.

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