Bartlett's Tinamou vs Variegated Tinamou

Crypturellus bartletti เปรียบเทียบกับ Crypturellus variegatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Bartlett's Tinamou Variegated Tinamou
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Crypturellus bartletti Crypturellus variegatus
อันดับ Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Tinamidae Tinamidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 27.1 cm (10.7 in) 31.1 cm (12.2 in)
น้ำหนัก 241.0 g (8.50 oz) 363.0 g (12.80 oz)
อาหาร Grazes aquatic vegetation, grasses, and sedges in South American marshes; wades in shallow water; diet … Herbivorous grazer eating grasses, sedges, and aquatic vegetation; grazes communally on flooded grasslands in northern …
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Habitat Comparison

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Bartlett's Tinamou only

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Variegated Tinamou only

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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.

Variegated Tinamou

Lowland humid tropical forest in the Amazon basin, from southern Venezuela and the Guianas through Peru, Bolivia, and central Brazil. Prefers undisturbed forest interior, tolerating some várzea and forest edge.

Song & Call Comparison

Bartlett's Tinamou

เสียงร้อง

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.

Variegated Tinamou

เสียงร้อง

A clear, loud whistle of 2-3 falling notes. Called variably from lowland Amazonian forest. One of the more frequently encountered and identified Crypturellus in its range.

Geographic Range & Migration

Bartlett's Tinamou

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

Variegated Tinamou

Found in the highlands of central Peru, Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina. Sedentary in puna grasslands at 3,000–4,500 m.

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Bartlett's Tinamou

Least Concern

Variegated Tinamou

How to Tell Them Apart

Bartlett's Tinamou

ขนนก

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.

Variegated Tinamou

About These Birds

Bartlett's Tinamou

A small brown tinamou with obscure barring and a grey throat, named after naturalist Edward Bartlett. Found in the western Amazon basin in Peru, Ecuador, and adjacent Brazil. Terrestrial and cryptic; detected mainly by its soft clear whistle in humid forest.

Variegated Tinamou

A medium-sized tinamou with heavily patterned plumage—chestnut, black, and buff barring—making it one of the most intricately patterned tinamous. Found throughout Amazonia. Its loud rolling whistle carries through the forest. Feeds on fruits and invertebrates in forest undergrowth.

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