Birds of Ecuador

    TINAMIFORMES: Tinamidae (Tinamous)  
Genus: Crypturellus (9 species, 21 worldwide)


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Bartlett's Tinamou (Crypturellus bartletti)
   


A smallish and rare tinamou simiar to Variegated Tinamou or Rusty Tinamou, but note dark crown.

Berlepsch's Tinamou
Berlepsch's Tinamou (Crypturellus berlepschi)
San Cipriano, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A rare, small and very dark tinamou.

Cinereous Tinamou
Cinereous Tinamou (Crypturellus cinereus)
Villavicencio, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A medium sized usually common tinamou. Cinereous to brownish with yellowish legs. Eye (iris) color varies.
An individual with redder eyes and less yellow legs.

Brown Tinamou
Brown Tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus)
Parque das Aves, Foz do Iguazu, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A medium sized tinamou with some color variation across its large range.
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Tinamous are excellent swimmers.


Little Tinamou
Little Tinamou (Crypturellus soui caucae)
Kilometro 18, Cali, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

The smallest tinamou. Often common, but usually heard and not seen. Females are similar to males, but a bit brighter and/or redder.
A possible female.

Tataupa Tinamou
Tataupa Tinamou (Crypturellus tataupa)
Argentina  
   
Photograph by Gustavo Masuzzo   © All Rights Reserved.


Pale-browed Tinamou
Pale-browed Tinamou (Crypturellus transfasciatus) Near Threatened
Urraca Lodge, Jorupe, Ecuador
  Tumbes region endemic.
   
Photograph by Robert Lewis   © All Rights Reserved.


Undulated Tinamou
Undulated Tinamou (Crypturellus undulatus)
Inírida, Guainía, Colombia
  Greyish overall with yellowish legs.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A large, vocal tinamou, usually found in wet habitats or varzea forest, and the most common in the Amazon.

Variegated Tinamou
Variegated Tinamou (Crypturellus variegatus)
Transit 5 Aurora, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Guyana  
   
Photograph by Leon Moore   © All Rights Reserved.



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