Barred Tinamou vs Dwarf Tinamou

Crypturellus casiquiare comparado com Taoniscus nanus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Barred Tinamou Dwarf Tinamou
Nome científico Crypturellus casiquiare Taoniscus nanus
Ordem Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Família Tinamidae Tinamidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Endangered
Comprimento
Envergadura 27,0 cm (10.6 in) 15,3 cm (6.0 in)
Peso 287,625 g (10.15 oz) 43,0 g (1.52 oz)
Dieta Grazes grasses and aquatic vegetation near wetland edges; sedges and stems dominate diet; supplements with … Eats grasses and agricultural grain; migratory; grazes pastures and stubble fields in winter across Europe …
Tamanho da postura -- 3
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Barred Tinamou only

Nenhum

Dwarf Tinamou only

Barred Tinamou

Restricted to humid lowland forest along the Casiquiare canal region of southern Venezuela and extreme northwestern Brazil. Associated with river-edge and flooded forest at low elevations. Rarely recorded.

Dwarf Tinamou

Intact campo sujo and campo limpo grasslands of the cerrado in central Brazil. Extremely sensitive to burning, grazing, and conversion of native grasslands. One of the world's most poorly known birds.

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Song & Call Comparison

Barred Tinamou

Canto

A slow, hollow whistle from blackwater river forest of the upper Orinoco. Call is distinctive but rarely recorded given its restricted range on the Venezuela-Colombia border.

Dwarf Tinamou

Canto

Poorly documented; the Dwarf Tinamou is an endangered cerrado endemic whose call is a thin, very high-pitched whistle. Rarely recorded; secretive in tall grass.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Barred Tinamou

Inhabits savannas and forest edges of northeastern Brazil's semi-arid Caatinga region. Sedentary and endemic to this biome.

Dwarf Tinamou

Found in the coastal Humboldt Current region of Peru and Chile. Largely sedentary; range closely tied to cold upwelling waters.

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Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Barred Tinamou

Endangered

Dwarf Tinamou

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How to Tell Them Apart

Barred Tinamou

Plumagem

Heavily and boldly barred throughout; upperparts dark brown with broad black bars. Crown blackish; face pale. Throat whitish; breast and flanks strongly barred black and buff. Belly whitish.

Dwarf Tinamou

Plumagem

Minute; brown-gray upperparts with buff and blackish barring. Crown dark brown with pale center. Throat pale; breast buff with brown spots. Belly whitish. Smallest tinamou; critically threatened cerrado species.

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About These Birds

Barred Tinamou

Inambu-do-Casiquiare (Crypturellus casiquiare) — Inambu raro e pouco conhecido das florestas da região do Canal do Casiquiare no sul da Venezuela e norte do Brasil. Habita o sub-bosque de florestas de igapó e terra firme. Praticamente desconhecido em termos de biologia e ecologia. Detectado pelo canto próximo a cursos d'água.

Dwarf Tinamou

The smallest tinamou in the world, weighing only 40–50 g, with brown-streaked plumage and a very short bill. Critically Endangered and poorly known; restricted to intact cerrado grasslands of central Brazil. Considered one of South America's rarest and most enigmatic birds.

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