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'''Alternative name: Rufous Tinamou''' | '''Alternative name: Rufous Tinamou''' | ||
| + | [[Image:Red-winged_Tinamou.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Jamfaraco|Jamfaraco}}<br />Photo taken: Lages/SC, [[Brazil]], December 2004]] | ||
;[[:Category:Rhynchotus|Rhynchotus]] rufescens | ;[[:Category:Rhynchotus|Rhynchotus]] rufescens | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 39–42·5 cm<br /> | ||
Brown above barred with black, primaries strongly rufous. Throat white, foreneck and breast cinnamon in most races, remainder of underparts grey-brown barred with black on belly and flanks. Crown black. | Brown above barred with black, primaries strongly rufous. Throat white, foreneck and breast cinnamon in most races, remainder of underparts grey-brown barred with black on belly and flanks. Crown black. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Brazil]] south of the Amazon, [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]], and | + | [[South America]]: found in [[Brazil]] south of the Amazon, [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]], and [[Argentina]]; this species is resident. |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | Dry grassy scrub and open forest in lowlands. | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | [[Huayco Tinamou]] was formerly regarded as a subspecies of this species but is now accepted by most lists as full species. | ||
====Subspecies==== | ====Subspecies==== | ||
| − | + | *''R. r. catingae'': | |
| − | + | :*Central and north-eastern [[Brazil]] | |
| − | + | *''R. r. rufescens'': | |
| − | + | ;*South-eastern [[Peru]] to [[Bolivia]], eastern [[Paraguay]], south-eastern [[Brazil]] and north-eastern [[Argentina]] | |
| + | *''R. r. pallescens'': | ||
| + | :*Northern [[Argentina]] (eastern Formosa to Río Negro) | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | [[Dictionary_M-O#O|Omnivorous]]. Their diet consists of insects, roots, shoots, seeds and fruit. | ||
| + | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
| + | Jaramillo describes the song of the two forms as "Pheeew weeu weeu" in ''Rhynchotus rufescens'' and "Wheee- cooo!" in [[Huayco Tinamou]]. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2014) | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:31, 10 May 2023
Alternative name: Rufous Tinamou
- Rhynchotus rufescens
Identification
39–42·5 cm
Brown above barred with black, primaries strongly rufous. Throat white, foreneck and breast cinnamon in most races, remainder of underparts grey-brown barred with black on belly and flanks. Crown black.
Distribution
South America: found in Brazil south of the Amazon, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina; this species is resident.
Habitat
Dry grassy scrub and open forest in lowlands.
Taxonomy
Huayco Tinamou was formerly regarded as a subspecies of this species but is now accepted by most lists as full species.
Subspecies
- R. r. catingae:
- Central and north-eastern Brazil
- R. r. rufescens:
- R. r. pallescens:
- Northern Argentina (eastern Formosa to Río Negro)
Behaviour
Diet
Omnivorous. Their diet consists of insects, roots, shoots, seeds and fruit.
Vocalisation
Jaramillo describes the song of the two forms as "Pheeew weeu weeu" in Rhynchotus rufescens and "Wheee- cooo!" in Huayco Tinamou.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Red-winged Tinamou. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 22 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-winged_Tinamou
External Links
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