Brown Tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus)

Other Names (World)
Brown Tinamou, Traylor's Tinamou (traylori)

Family
Tinamidae (Tinamous)

Size
25 - 30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1815)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, heavily degraded former forest. From 1,300 - 2,900 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay (B), Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (30)...)

Brown Tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus) [XC348783]
by Guy Kirwan from Refugio Los Volcanes, Bolivia (call)

Brown Tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus) [XC494959]
by Franco Vushurovich from Paranapiacaba,Santo Andr\u00e9, S\u00e3o Paulo State, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Subspecies traylori may be distinct species.

The following 9 subspecies are recognised:

castaneus (Sclater, PL, 1858) - East-central Colombia to eastern Ecuador and northern Peru.
ochraceiventris (Stolzmann, 1926) - Central Peru.
traylori Blake, 1961 - South-eastern Peru.
punensis (Chubb, C, 1918) - South-eastern Peru, northern Bolivia.
cerviniventris (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1873) - Northern Venezuela.
knoxi Phelps Jr, 1976 - North-western Venezuela.
griseiventris (Salvadori, 1895) - North-central Brazil.
hypochraceus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1938) - South-western Brazil (upper R�o Madeira in Rond�nia).
obsoletus (Temminck, 1815) - South-eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, north-eastern Argentina.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Brown Tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus) - 10 files

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