Bartlett's Tinamou vs Brazilian Tinamou

Crypturellus bartletti comparado com Crypturellus strigulosus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Bartlett's Tinamou Brazilian Tinamou
Nome científico Crypturellus bartletti Crypturellus strigulosus
Ordem Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Família Tinamidae Tinamidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 27,1 cm (10.7 in) 32,2 cm (12.7 in)
Peso 241,0 g (8.50 oz) 421,0 g (14.85 oz)
Dieta Grazes aquatic vegetation, grasses, and sedges in South American marshes; wades in shallow water; diet … Omnivorous; eats seeds, fallen fruits, and invertebrates in lowland forests; forages solitarily at ground level.
Tamanho da postura -- 4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Bartlett's Tinamou only

Nenhum

Brazilian Tinamou only

Nenhum

Bartlett's Tinamou

Lowland humid forest in the western Amazon basin of Peru, Ecuador, and adjacent Colombia and Brazil. Prefers undisturbed terra firme and seasonally flooded forest interior below 400 m.

Brazilian Tinamou

Dense lowland terra firme and seasonally flooded várzea rainforest in central and eastern Amazonian Brazil. Favors undisturbed forest interior with dense leaf litter and undergrowth.

Song & Call Comparison

Bartlett's Tinamou

Canto

A soft, repeated whistle from Amazonian lowland forest. Less well known than other Crypturellus; its call is a simple 2-note descending whistle given from dense cover.

Brazilian Tinamou

Canto

A series of pure, resonant whistles from Amazonian terra firme forest. Call is similar to other lowland Crypturellus but slightly rougher in quality.

Geographic Range & Migration

Bartlett's Tinamou

Ranges from southern Mexico through Central America to northern South America. Sedentary in humid lowland forest understory.

Brazilian Tinamou

Ranges through forests from southern Mexico to Bolivia and central Brazil. Sedentary in dense lowland and foothill forest undergrowth.

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Bartlett's Tinamou

Least Concern

Brazilian Tinamou

How to Tell Them Apart

Bartlett's Tinamou

Plumagem

Brown upperparts with fine blackish barring; crown dark. Throat whitish to pale buff; breast rufous-brown. Belly buff-white. Reddish legs. Small tinamou of Amazonian lowland forests; sexes similar.

Brazilian Tinamou

Plumagem

Rufous-brown upperparts with fine blackish barring; crown dark brown. Face and throat pale buff. Breast uniform rufous-chestnut; belly whitish-buff. Flanks barred. Reddish legs. Sexes similar.

About These Birds

Bartlett's Tinamou

Inambu-de-Bartlett (Crypturellus bartletti) — Inambu do sub-bosque de florestas amazônicas do Peru e extremo norte do Brasil. Plumagem acastanhada com padrão distinto. Habita florestas de terra firme densas. Como todos os inambus, é extremamente difícil de observar, detectado principalmente pelo canto suave e melancólico ao amanhecer.

Brazilian Tinamou

Inambu-estrelado (Crypturellus strigulosus) — Inambu das florestas da Amazônia Central e Oriental do Brasil. Plumagem acastanhada com estrias nas partes superiores. Habita o sub-bosque de florestas de terra firme. Extremamente difícil de observar, detectado principalmente pelo canto. Pouco estudado em comparação com inambus de florestas meridionais.

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