Brown Tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus)

Sítio Macuquinho Birdwatching - Salesópolis, SP, Brazil.

 

This is a brownish ground bird found in tropical and subtropical South America. Its habitat is humid lowland and montane forest. This is probably C. o. obsoletus, the nominate race, which occurs in the Atlantic Rainforest in southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and Misiones, Argentina.

 

Class: Aves

Order: Tinamiformes

Family: Tinamidae

Subfamily: Tinaminae

Genus: Crypturellus Brabourne & Chubb, 1914

Species: C. obsoletus (Temminck, 1815)

Binomial name: Crypturellus obsoletus

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Uploaded on June 22, 2024
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