Barred Tinamou vs Choco Tinamou

Crypturellus casiquiare 对比 Crypturellus kerriae

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Barred Tinamou Choco Tinamou
学名 Crypturellus casiquiare Crypturellus kerriae
Tinamiformes Tinamiformes
Tinamidae Tinamidae
保护状况 Least Concern Near Threatened
体长
翼展 27.0 cm (10.6 in) 30.8 cm (12.1 in)
体重 287.625 g (10.15 oz) 443.4 g (15.64 oz)
食性 Grazes grasses and aquatic vegetation near wetland edges; sedges and stems dominate diet; supplements with … Eats seeds, small invertebrates, and fallen berries in South American savanna; solitary ground feeder.
产卵数 -- --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Barred Tinamou only

Choco 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.

Choco Tinamou

Dense humid lowland forest in the Darién region of eastern Panama and Chocó of Colombia, below 300 m. Extremely restricted to this narrow Pacific bioregion. Rarely encountered even by experienced field ornithologists.

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Song & Call Comparison

Barred Tinamou

鸣唱

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.

Choco Tinamou

鸣唱

A soft, hesitant whistle from dense Choco rainforest — one of the most poorly documented tinamou calls, reflecting its restricted and threatened lowland Pacific rainforest habitat.

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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.

Choco Tinamou

Inhabits open grasslands and steppes of Patagonian Argentina and Chile. Largely sedentary; some seasonal altitudinal movements.

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保护状况

Least Concern

Barred Tinamou

Near Threatened

Choco Tinamou

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How to Tell Them Apart

Barred Tinamou

羽毛

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.

Choco Tinamou

羽毛

Dark brown upperparts with blackish barring; crown dark. Throat whitish; breast and flanks rufous-brown. Belly pale buff. Reddish legs. Restricted to humid Chocó forests; sexes similar.

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About These Birds

Barred Tinamou

卡西基亚雷林鷚(Crypturellus casiquiare)— 分布于委内瑞拉和巴西北部雨林的稀有林鷚。栖息于亚马逊和奥里诺科流域。

Choco Tinamou

A small dark tinamou with black-barred olive-brown plumage. One of the least-known tinamous in the world, restricted to the Chocó bioregion of Colombia and Panama. Known from very few specimens; virtually unstudied in the field. Inhabits dense lowland Pacific forest.

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