Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry grassland, high altitude shrubland and grassland, dry savanna, pastureland, arable land. From sea-level - 2.000 m.
Brushland Tinamou (Nothoprocta cinerascens) [XC430487]
by Jacob Wijpkema from Arroyo Sanquilc\u00f3, west of Pu\u00e1n, Buenos Aires. Coordinates -38.45, -63.25, Argentina (call)
Brushland Tinamou (Nothoprocta cinerascens) [XC60939]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Parque Nacional Lihue Calel, La Pampa, Argentina (song)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Andean Tinamou (Nothoprocta pentlandii) and Chilean Tinamou (Nothoprocta perdicaria).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
cinerascens (Burmeister, 1860) - South-eastern Bolivia, north-western Paraguay, north-western and central Argentina.