Birds of the World


White-throated Tinamou (Tinamus guttatus) Near Threatened Range: SA: Amazonia Madre de Dios, Peru
Photograph by Sylvère Corre © All Rights Reserved.


Great Tinamou (Tinamus major fuscipennis) Range: MA, SA: s Mexico through Amazonia Tirimbina, Costa Rica
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A large tinamou found in healthy forests up to 1500m. Note dark spots on light colored body. Sounds like Little Tinamou but with less flutter in song.
With five kids.
At night on a branch.


Black Tinamou (Tinamus osgoodi hershkovitzi) Vulnerable Range: SA: sc Colombia and se Peru Mocoa, Putumayo, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A large tinamou found very locally in south Peru, and a few sites in Ecuador and Colombia on the eastern Andean slope.
Alt. photo


Solitary Tinamou (Tinamus solitarius) Near Threatened Range: SA: e Brazil to ne Argentina and e Paraguay Parque das Aves, Brazil
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Solitary Tinamou (Tinamus solitarius) Immature Near Threatened Range: SA: e Brazil to ne Argentina and e Paraguay Güira Oga, Puerto Iguazu, Argentina
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A large tinamou comparable in size to the Great Tinamou.


Grey Tinamou (Tinamus tao kleei) Vulnerable Range: SA: Amazonia Copalinga, Zamora, Ecuador
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A large, uncommon tinamou.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba