Alternative name: Rufous Tinamou
- Rhynchotus rufescens
Identification
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.
Length 40cm.
Distribution
Brazil south of the Amazon, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and eastern Argentina; this species is resident.
Habitat
Scrub and open forest.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Subspecies catingae occurs in central Brazil, nominate race from Peru east to north-east Brazil and south to Uruguay, pallescens in northern Argentina, and maculicollis in west and south Bolivia and eastern Argentina.
Status of Huayco Tinamou maculicollis
Some authorities (Sibley & Monroe, 1996; SACC, 2008) treat Huayco Tinamou (maculicollis) as a full species citing evidence of substantial vocal differences (Maijer, 1996). However, Clements (2007) and Howard & Moore (2003) retain it as a subspecies of rufescens and the Opus follows in this consensus.
