Tawny-breasted Tinamou vs Great Tinamou

Nothocercus julius 비교 대상 Tinamus major

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Tawny-breasted Tinamou Great Tinamou
학명 Nothocercus julius Tinamus major
Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Tinamidae Tinamidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 38.2 cm (15.0 in) 48.2 cm (19.0 in)
체중 683.75 g (24.12 oz) 1006.75 g (35.51 oz)
식성 Omnivorous; eats seeds, tubers, insects, and berries on Andean slopes; forages solitarily in dense montane … Ground-forager eating seeds, fallen fruits, and small invertebrates in Chilean matorral scrub; pecks and scratches …
산란 수 -- 3-6
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Tawny-breasted Tinamou only

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Great Tinamou only

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Tawny-breasted Tinamou

Humid montane forest at 1,500–2,600 m in the northern and central Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru. Prefers steep slopes with dense ferns and shrubs beneath closed canopy.

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.

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Song & Call Comparison

Tawny-breasted Tinamou

노래

Delivers slow, mournful whistled phrases from dense mountain forest. The song is a series of 2-3 pure notes. Less frequently heard than lowland tinamous.

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Tawny-breasted Tinamou

Endemic to humid forests of southeastern Brazil from Pernambuco to Rio Grande do Sul. Sedentary; classified as Near Threatened.

Great Tinamou

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

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Tawny-breasted Tinamou

Least Concern

Great Tinamou

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How to Tell Them Apart

Tawny-breasted Tinamou

깃털

Dark brown upperparts with fine black vermiculation. Distinctively warm tawny-rufous breast and flanks. Throat whitish; belly pale. Crown blackish-brown. Sexes similar in this Andean species.

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.

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About These Birds

Tawny-breasted Tinamou

A medium-sized tinamou with plain tawny-brown upperparts and warm rufous-orange breast. Found in Andean forests of Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru. Secretive and terrestrial; known primarily from its loud mournful call heard at dawn. Forages in dense undergrowth for seeds and invertebrates.

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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