Solitary Tinamou

Sobre

A large heavily built tinamou with dark olive-brown upperparts, pale underparts, and distinctive dark barring. Lives singly in dense Atlantic Forest, rarely seen despite its loud melancholic calls. Feeds on fallen fruit, seeds, and invertebrates. Threatened by deforestation across eastern Brazil.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Imperial
Envergadura	52,3 cm	20.6 in
Peso	1428,5 g	50.39 oz

Identificação

Plumagem

Rich dark brown upperparts heavily barred and vermiculated with black. Crown dark; throat whitish. Breast rufous-brown; belly pale buff. Flanks broadly barred dark brown. Sexes similar.

Habitat & Range

Dense Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil from Bahia south to Rio Grande do Sul, into northeastern Argentina and Paraguay. Prefers humid lowland and foothill forest with closed canopy and thick undergrowth. Below 900 m.

🌲 Forest

Distribuição geográfica

Restricted to Paraguay, southern Bolivia, and northern Argentina. Sedentary in dry Chaco woodlands and open grasslands year-round.

Diet & Feeding

Omnivorous ground-forager in Patagonian steppes; eats seeds, berries, shoots, and insects; diet shifts toward seeds in dry winters.

Estado de conservação

Near Threatened

IUCN Red List

Comportamento e reprodução

Nidificação

Nest type: SC. Incubation: 19-20 days.

Tamanho da postura

6-7

Som

Canto

Delivers a pure, mournful flute-like whistle repeated slowly. The call is a single clear 'whooo' rising then falling, given from dense understory. Less frequently heard than other tinamous.

Taxonomia

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Ordem	Tinamiformes (Tinamous)
Família	Tinamidae (Tinamous)
Genus	Tinamus
Espécies	Tinamus solitarius

Distribution

Solitary 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 Solitary Tinamou eat?

Omnivorous ground-forager in Patagonian steppes; eats seeds, berries, shoots, and insects; diet shifts toward seeds in dry winters.

Where does the Solitary Tinamou live?

Dense Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil from Bahia south to Rio Grande do Sul, into northeastern Argentina and Paraguay. Prefers humid lowland and foothill forest with closed canopy and thick undergrowth. Below 900 m.

Is the Solitary Tinamou endangered?

The Solitary Tinamou has a conservation status of Near Threatened.

How does the Solitary Tinamou nest?

Nest type: SC. Incubation: 19-20 days.

What does the Solitary Tinamou sound like?

Delivers a pure, mournful flute-like whistle repeated slowly. The call is a single clear 'whooo' rising then falling, given from dense understory. Less frequently heard than other tinamous.

How big is the Solitary Tinamou?

The Solitary Tinamou has a wingspan of 52.3 cm, weight of 1428.5 g.

What order and family does the Solitary Tinamou belong to?

The Solitary Tinamou (Tinamus solitarius) belongs to the order Tinamiformes and the family Tinamidae.