Small-billed Tinamou

Sobre

Inambu-chintã (Crypturellus parvirostris) — Inambu de bico pequeno e patas avermelhadas do cerrado e caatinga do Brasil Central até o Paraguai e Argentina. Habita campos cerrados, caatinga e campos agrícolas com vegetação rasteira. Canto suave e repetitivo. Muito comum em habitats abertos do interior brasileiro.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Imperial
Envergadura	22,2 cm	8.7 in
Peso	193,0 g	6.81 oz

Identificação

Plumagem

Small and compact with brown upperparts finely barred dark; crown dark brown. Throat pale; breast rufous-buff. Belly whitish. Disproportionately small bill. Reddish legs. Sexes similar.

Habitat & Range

Cerrado woodland, savanna grassland, gallery forest edges, and campo sujo in central Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Tolerates degraded habitats and cultivated areas. Most common in open and transitional zones.

🌲 Forest 🌾 Grassland

Distribuição geográfica

Found in forests and forest margins from southern Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia. Sedentary in warm lowland and foothill habitats.

Diet & Feeding

Plucks grasses, aquatic plants, and seeds from wetland margins in South America; large body requires high plant-matter intake.

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

Comportamento e reprodução

Nidificação

Incubation: 19-21 days.

Tamanho da postura

2-5

Som

Canto

A high-pitched whistle with minimal variation. Among the smaller tinamous; call reflects its tiny size with a thinner tone. Found in open Cerrado grassland-forest edge.

Taxonomia

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Ordem	Tinamiformes (Tinamous)
Família	Tinamidae (Tinamous)
Genus	Crypturellus
Espécies	Crypturellus parvirostris

Distribution

Small-billed Tinamou has been recorded in 1 countries.

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Presente Not recorded

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🇳🇴 Norway

External Databases

Perguntas frequentes

What does the Small-billed Tinamou eat?

Plucks grasses, aquatic plants, and seeds from wetland margins in South America; large body requires high plant-matter intake.

Where does the Small-billed Tinamou live?

Cerrado woodland, savanna grassland, gallery forest edges, and campo sujo in central Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Tolerates degraded habitats and cultivated areas. Most common in open and transitional zones.

Is the Small-billed Tinamou endangered?

The Small-billed Tinamou has a conservation status of Least Concern.

How does the Small-billed Tinamou nest?

Incubation: 19-21 days.

What does the Small-billed Tinamou sound like?

A high-pitched whistle with minimal variation. Among the smaller tinamous; call reflects its tiny size with a thinner tone. Found in open Cerrado grassland-forest edge.

How big is the Small-billed Tinamou?

The Small-billed Tinamou has a wingspan of 22.2 cm, weight of 193.0 g.

What order and family does the Small-billed Tinamou belong to?

The Small-billed Tinamou (Crypturellus parvirostris) belongs to the order Tinamiformes and the family Tinamidae.