Ornate Tinamou vs Andean Tinamou

Nothoprocta ornata в сравнении с Nothoprocta pentlandii

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Характеристика Ornate Tinamou Andean Tinamou
Научное название Nothoprocta ornata Nothoprocta pentlandii
Отряд Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Семейство Tinamidae Tinamidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Least Concern
Длина
Размах крыльев 37,1 cm (14.6 in) 29,6 cm (11.7 in)
Масса 624,5 g (22.03 oz) 316,01666666666665 g (11.15 oz)
Питание Herbivorous, grazing grasses and sedges near water; dabbles for aquatic invertebrates during breeding; forms large … Herbivorous grazer feeding on grasses and aquatic sedges near wetlands; supplements diet with aquatic invertebrates …
Размер кладки 4-9 5-8
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

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Ornate Tinamou only

Andean Tinamou only

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Ornate Tinamou

High puna grassland, rocky outcrops, and shrubby slopes at 3,000–4,800 m in the Andes from Peru through Bolivia to northwestern Argentina and Chile. Often near rocky gullies and streams.

Andean Tinamou

Andean valleys, foothills, scrubby slopes, and agricultural land at 1,500–4,000 m from Ecuador through Peru and Bolivia to northwestern Argentina. Tolerates degraded and cultivated areas with scrub remnants.

Song & Call Comparison

Ornate Tinamou

Пение

A musical, clear whistle from Andean puna and bofedales. Call is a repeated 2-note phrase. Considered one of the more melodic high-elevation tinamous in the genus.

Andean Tinamou

Пение

A rising 2-note whistle from Andean scrub and grassland. Frequently heard during early morning. Considered a vocal species within its highland habitat.

Geographic Range & Migration

Ornate Tinamou

Ranges along Pacific slopes of the Andes from Ecuador to central Chile. Sedentary in arid and semi-arid foothill scrub.

Andean Tinamou

Inhabits forests and edges in a broad arc from Costa Rica to northern Argentina and southeastern Brazil. Largely sedentary.

Охранный статус

Least Concern

Ornate Tinamou

Least Concern

Andean Tinamou

How to Tell Them Apart

Ornate Tinamou

Оперение

Intricately patterned; upperparts grayish-brown with black streaks and whitish shaft streaks. Bold pale supercilium. Breast spotted and streaked on pale buff. Belly whitish. Striking Andean species.

Andean Tinamou

Оперение

Gray-brown upperparts with blackish streaks and buff shaft-streaks. Pale buff supercilium. Breast spotted brown on buff. Belly whitish. Compact; common across Andean grasslands and scrub.

About These Birds

Ornate Tinamou

A striking medium-sized tinamou with intricately patterned brown, black, and white plumage—one of the most ornately marked tinamou species. Found in Andean puna from Peru to Argentina. Terrestrial and gregarious, often found in small flocks. Calls with a clear fluted whistle.

Andean Tinamou

A medium-sized tinamou with brown streaked plumage and pale supercilium. Widespread in Andean foothills and inter-Andean valleys from Ecuador to Argentina. Adaptable and locally common; inhabits a variety of open and scrubby habitats at mid to high altitudes.

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