Puna Tinamou vs Great Tinamou

Tinamotis pentlandii เปรียบเทียบกับ Tinamus major

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Puna Tinamou Great Tinamou
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Tinamotis pentlandii Tinamus major
อันดับ Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Tinamidae Tinamidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 50.7 cm (20.0 in) 48.2 cm (19.0 in)
น้ำหนัก 943.2 g (33.27 oz) 1006.75 g (35.51 oz)
อาหาร Eats grasses, roots, and aquatic plants; grazes pastures and wetland margins; diet shifts to cereal … Ground-forager eating seeds, fallen fruits, and small invertebrates in Chilean matorral scrub; pecks and scratches …
จำนวนไข่ 4-7 3-6
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

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Puna Tinamou

Open puna grassland, bunchgrass plains, and rocky hillsides at 3,500–5,000 m in the Andes from Peru through Bolivia to northern Chile and northwestern Argentina.

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

Puna Tinamou

เสียงร้อง

A high-pitched, clear whistle from high Andean puna. Call carries through the thin air of altiplano above 4,000 m elevation. Among the highest-dwelling tinamou species.

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

Puna Tinamou

Inhabits marshes and wetland edges across the Southern Cone; from southeastern Brazil to Patagonian Argentina. Partially migratory.

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

Puna Tinamou

Least Concern

Great Tinamou

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How to Tell Them Apart

Puna Tinamou

ขนนก

Large; grayish-brown upperparts streaked dark. Crown grayish with pale central stripe; white supercilium. Breast grayish spotted; flanks barred. Belly whitish. Adapted to high-altitude Andean puna.

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

Puna Tinamou

A large robustly built tinamou with grey-brown streaked plumage and a slightly crested head. The only tinamou with a vestigial crest. Found on high Andean puna and altiplano. Gregarious, foraging in flocks on bunchgrass plains and rocky hillsides.

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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