Elegant Crested Tinamou vs Andean Tinamou

Eudromia elegans 비교 대상 Nothoprocta pentlandii

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Elegant Crested Tinamou Andean Tinamou
학명 Eudromia elegans Nothoprocta pentlandii
Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Tinamidae Tinamidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 43.1 cm (17.0 in) 29.6 cm (11.7 in)
체중 733.5 g (25.87 oz) 316.01666666666665 g (11.15 oz)
식성 Grazes short grasses and sedges; forages in tundra in summer; winters on grassy fields and … Herbivorous grazer feeding on grasses and aquatic sedges near wetlands; supplements diet with aquatic invertebrates …
산란 수 5-16 5-8
Population Trend

Song & Call Comparison

Elegant Crested Tinamou

노래

A musical, clear whistled call from Patagonian shrub steppe. The crested tinamou's call is a series of 3-4 rising notes. Considered a vocal species in its open habitat.

Andean Tinamou

노래

A rising 2-note whistle from Andean scrub and grassland. Frequently heard during early morning. Considered a vocal species within its highland habitat.

Geographic Range & Migration

Elegant Crested Tinamou

Inhabits humid lowland forests and thickets from Panama to Bolivia and south to northeastern Argentina. Sedentary and secretive.

Andean Tinamou

Inhabits forests and edges in a broad arc from Costa Rica to northern Argentina and southeastern Brazil. Largely sedentary.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Elegant Crested Tinamou

Least Concern

Andean Tinamou

How to Tell Them Apart

Elegant Crested Tinamou

깃털

Brown upperparts intricately streaked and barred buff and black. Distinctive long, forward-curving crest of blackish feathers. White supercilium; white streaks on sides of neck. Belly pale buff.

Andean Tinamou

깃털

Gray-brown upperparts with blackish streaks and buff shaft-streaks. Pale buff supercilium. Breast spotted brown on buff. Belly whitish. Compact; common across Andean grasslands and scrub.

About These Birds

Elegant Crested Tinamou

긴 앞으로 굽은 도가머리, 회갈색 줄무늬 깃털, 검은 얼굴 무늬를 가진 날씬한 독립조이다. 아르헨티나와 칠레의 파타고니아 초원에 서식. 관심필요종.

Andean Tinamou

A medium-sized tinamou with brown streaked plumage and pale supercilium. Widespread in Andean foothills and inter-Andean valleys from Ecuador to Argentina. Adaptable and locally common; inhabits a variety of open and scrubby habitats at mid to high altitudes.

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