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  1. Darwin's Nothura

    Darwin's Nothura

    In Peru, this tiny tinamou is only found in a few places, mostly in grasslands around the Titicaca basin. This one crossed the road right in front of us and lingered just long enough for this dodgy shot before vanishing in the grass.
  2. Curve-billed Tinamou

    Curve-billed Tinamou

    Usually a fairly tricky species, the reserve where I work is probably the best place in Peru to see it!
  3. Variegated tinamou

    Variegated tinamou

    Probably the prettiest tinamou I've seen! Luckily, it was one of these occasions where it walked slowly away from me, instead of exploding practically from underfoot like a snipe and disappearing in the distance. It walked maybe 10 meters downhill and then appeared to be quite curious, popping...
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    Juvenile Birds in the Ecuadorian Amazon

    EDIT: IGNORE DESCRIPTION, PLEASE READ DISCUSSION These juvenile Tinamous were encountered around an Oxbow lake in secondary forest within the Ecuadorian Amazon, altitude about 250m, not far from small human habitation and within small scale agroforestry area. There was at least one other...
  5. Hooded tinamou

    Hooded tinamou

    We were watching an antpitta at the feeder, when we suddenly noticed this tinamou had crept in and was watching the scene just a few meters behind! I was able to get a few shots of this tricky species before he wandered off into the forest.
  6. Ornate Tinamou

    Ornate Tinamou

    Ornate Tinamou (Nothoprocta ornata rostrata)
  7. Andean Tinamou

    Andean Tinamou

    Andean Tinamou (Nothoprocta pentlandii patriciae)
  8. Ornate Tinamou

    Ornate Tinamou

    Ornate Tinamou (Nothoprocta ornata rostrata)
  9. Brown Tinamou

    Brown Tinamou

    Brown Tinamou (Crypturellus obsoleutus ochraceiventris) Sexes similar.
  10. Undulated Tinamou

    Undulated Tinamou

    Normally shy but these birds are now habituated to people and wander around the lodge grounds quite freely.
  11. Great Tinamou (Tinamus major)

    Great Tinamou (Tinamus major)

  12. Little Tinamou

    Little Tinamou

    Little Tinamou, Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil http://www.smandrews.com
  13. Andean Tinamou

    Andean Tinamou

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