Brown Tinamou - BirdForum Opus

Photo by kitefarrago
Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge, Manu NP, Madre de Dios, Peru, August 2017

Crypturellus obsoletus

Identification

Photo by Marcos Massarioli
Brazil

25–30 cm (9¾-11¾ in)
Brown above, rufous below, darkest on belly, flanks and undertail-coverts barred blackish-brown. Bill black, legs olive.

Distribution

South America: found in eastern Colombia and Venezuela south to Southern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:

C. o. castaneus:

Tropical easterb Colombia to eastern Ecuador and northern Peru

C. o. ochraceiventris:

Subtropical central Peru (Huánuco to Cuzco)

C. o. traylori:

Subtropical south-eastern Peru (Marcapata Valley of Cuzco)

C. o. punensis:

Extreme south-eastern Peru and yungas of northern Bolivia

C. o. cerviniventris:

Northern Venezuela

C. o. knoxi:

Subtropical north-western Venezuela

C. o. griseiventris:

north-central and southwestern Brazil (Santarém region along Rio Tapajós and upper Rio Madeira in Rondônia)

C. o. obsoletus:

Eastern Paraguay to south-eastern Brazil and extreme north-eastern Argentina (Misiones)

Habitat

Atlantic forest and dense scrub on mountain ridges at 1,200-2,200m.

Behaviour

Diet

There is very little information, but they are known to eat seeds.

Breeding

They make a nest at the base of a tree. The clutch contains 4-5 eggs, which are pink to dark reddish or chocolate-brown.

Movements

Resident.

Vocalisation

Voice: A dull whistle.

Recording by Andrew Whitehouse

References

Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2018)

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Brown Tinamou. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown_Tinamou

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