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                             Tinamiformes

TINAMIDAE

   Tinamous. It is a unique family of americas, with fifteen species in Argentina. They are birds terrícolas, roads and very little flying. The flight is short, fast and noisy. Emiten whistles that vary depending on the species. They are polygamous and incubated the male. Nest on the ground, where several placed colored eggs and lustre. The chicks are nidífugos.

They feed on grains, seeds, insects and worms. The head is small, the wings and tail feathers are short and are blending with the environment.

        TATAUPA TINAMOU: Crypturellus tataupa

    Live in forests and jungles.

                    Photograph taken in Parque Nacional Chaco

        UNDULATED TINAMOU: Crypturellus undulatus

    Inhabits jungles and rain forests of northeastern Argentina.
 

        SOLITARY TINAMOU: Tinamus solitarius

   It inhabits forests in Misiones.

                        

        Photograph taken in Parque Nacional Iguazú, Provincia de Misiones.

    RED-WINGED TINAMOU: Rynchotus rufescens

     Inhabits sheets and rural areas

                       
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ORNATE TINAMOU: Nothoprocta ornata

  

   It inhabits Andean steppes and Prepuna in the northwest of Argentina.
 

Photograph taken in the prepuna jujeña.

 BRUSHLAND TINAMOU: Nothoprocta cinerascens

    It inhabits forests and shrub steppes of central and northern Argentina

                               
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  ANDEAN TINAMOU: Nothoprocta pentlandii

     Inhabit forests and Andean mountain.

 Photograph taken in Reserva San Martín, Córdoba city.         
 

        SPOTTED NOTHURA: Nothura maculosa

   Very common in fields and along roads.
   

                                      
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 DARWIN´S NOTHURA: Nothura darwinii    

     
       It inhabits shrub steppes of central and northern Argentina.   



        
Photographs taken west of the La Pampa province and Pampa de Achala, Córdoba province .

             
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   ELEGANT CRESTED-TINAMOU: Eudromia elegans

        
         Alone or in pairs. Common in central and south of the Bs.As. province
       Inhabits steppes and mountains.
      The nest is a depression with beaded feathers and grass, hidden at the base of a bush.
      The eggs are bright green.

  
   

      
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PATAGONIAN TINAMOU: Tinamotis ingoufi

         Inhabits Patagonian steppes

Photograph taken in Santa Cruz province.