Hooded Tinamou vs Great Tinamou

Nothocercus nigrocapillus 비교 대상 Tinamus major

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Hooded Tinamou Great Tinamou
학명 Nothocercus nigrocapillus Tinamus major
Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Tinamidae Tinamidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 37.4 cm (14.7 in) 48.2 cm (19.0 in)
체중 540.0 g (19.05 oz) 1006.75 g (35.51 oz)
식성 Ground-gleaner eating seeds, fallen fruits, and arthropods in Atlantic Forest undergrowth; diet peaks in invertebrates … 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

Hooded Tinamou only

없음

Great Tinamou only

없음

Hooded Tinamou

Dense humid montane forest at 2,000–3,000 m in the Andes of Bolivia and Peru. Favors moist steep terrain with thick fern cover and rocky outcrops. Rarely recorded far from dense forest.

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

Hooded Tinamou

노래

A repeated hollow whistle with a slightly quavering quality. The call is 'wheeooo-wheeooo' given slowly from dense highland undergrowth. Rarely heard except at dusk.

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

Hooded Tinamou

Restricted to wet forests and savannas of Patagonia in southern Chile and Argentina. Locally sedentary; some altitudinal movements.

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

Hooded Tinamou

Least Concern

Great Tinamou

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How to Tell Them Apart

Hooded Tinamou

깃털

Upperparts brown, barred and vermiculated black. Distinctive blackish hood on crown and nape contrasting with paler face and white throat. Breast rufous-brown; belly buff. Sexes similar.

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

Hooded Tinamou

A medium-sized tinamou notable for its black crown and nape contrasting with rufous-brown body plumage. Found in humid montane forests of the central Andes. Terrestrial and elusive; detected most easily by its loud clear whistle at dawn and dusk. Forages for fruits 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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