Small-billed Tinamou vs Great Tinamou

Crypturellus parvirostris เปรียบเทียบกับ Tinamus major

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Small-billed Tinamou Great Tinamou
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Crypturellus parvirostris Tinamus major
อันดับ Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Tinamidae Tinamidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 22.2 cm (8.7 in) 48.2 cm (19.0 in)
น้ำหนัก 193.0 g (6.81 oz) 1006.75 g (35.51 oz)
อาหาร Plucks grasses, aquatic plants, and seeds from wetland margins in South America; large body requires … Ground-forager eating seeds, fallen fruits, and small invertebrates in Chilean matorral scrub; pecks and scratches …
จำนวนไข่ 2-5 3-6
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

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Small-billed Tinamou only

Great Tinamou only

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Small-billed Tinamou

Cerrado woodland, savanna grassland, gallery forest edges, and campo sujo in central Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Tolerates degraded habitats and cultivated areas. Most common in open and transitional zones.

Great Tinamou

Humid lowland and foothill tropical rainforest from southern Mexico through Central America to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil. Prefers undisturbed forest interior with dense understorey. Nests on the ground.

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Song & Call Comparison

Small-billed Tinamou

เสียงร้อง

A high-pitched whistle with minimal variation. Among the smaller tinamous; call reflects its tiny size with a thinner tone. Found in open Cerrado grassland-forest edge.

Great Tinamou

เสียงร้อง

A beautiful, pure whistled phrase repeated at regular intervals from the forest floor. Call is a clear 'wheeeoo-wheeeoo'. Among the most musical tinamou calls in its range.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Small-billed Tinamou

Found in forests and forest margins from southern Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia. Sedentary in warm lowland and foothill habitats.

Great Tinamou

Found in open habitats from Venezuela and Guianas through Bolivia to northeastern Argentina. Sedentary in dry savannas and grasslands.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Small-billed Tinamou

Least Concern

Great Tinamou

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How to Tell Them Apart

Small-billed Tinamou

ขนนก

Small and compact with brown upperparts finely barred dark; crown dark brown. Throat pale; breast rufous-buff. Belly whitish. Disproportionately small bill. Reddish legs. Sexes similar.

Great Tinamou

ขนนก

Olive-brown to grayish-brown upperparts with black vermiculations and barring. Crown darker brownish; throat whitish. Breast grayish-brown; belly pale buff. Flanks barred with dark brown.

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About These Birds

Small-billed Tinamou

A small tinamou with brown plumage, pale underparts, and a notably short fine bill. Widespread in cerrado, savanna woodlands, and forest edges of central South America. Often calls from dense grass or low scrub. One of the few tinamous adapted to open and semi-open habitats.

Great Tinamou

The largest regularly occurring tinamou, with brownish-grey plumage, barred wings, and a pale belly. Common in lowland Neotropical rainforest from Mexico to Bolivia. Males incubate glossy teal-colored eggs. Their haunting multi-note calls resonate through the forest, making them acoustically conspicuous yet visually elusive.

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