Tinamiformes

Birds of the Pampas Plain

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

Remember to N. cinerascens. Peak more curved, pinkish. Yellow legs. Hidden, surly. Inhabits mountain forests.

ANDEAN TINAMOU: Nothoprocta pentlandii pentlandii

Inhabits northwestern provinces, from Jujuy to Mendoza.

Photographs taken in the northeast of the Catamarca province.

ANDEAN TINAMOU: Nothoprocta pentlandii doeringi

Exclusive of the Sierras Pampeanas of Córdoba and San Luis.

Photograph taken in Ongamira, Córdoba province.

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.

We distinguish eight races in Argentina.

   ELEGANT CRESTED-TINAMOU: Eudromia elegans elegans

Inhabits La Pampa, southwestern Buenos Aires, Río Negro and northern Neuquén.


Photographs obtained in La Pampa province.


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