Red-legged Tinamou (Crypturellus erythropus)

Other Names (World)
Red-legged Tinamou, Red-footed Tinamou, Colombian Tinamou (columbianus), Magdalena Tinamou (saltuarius), Santa Marta Tinamou (idoneus), Perjita Tinamou (idoneus)

Family
Tinamidae (Tinamous)

Size
27 - 32 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Pelzeln, 1863)

Range (Guide)

Brazil (B), Colombia (B), French Guiana (B), Guyana (B), Suriname (B), Venezuela (B).

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

Red-legged Tinamou (Crypturellus erythropus) [XC221844]
by id from Morrocoy NP, Falcon, Venezuela (song)

Subspecies
Crypturellus erythropus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) was previously split into Red-legged Tinamou (Crypturellus erythropus), Crypturellus columbianus and Crypturellus saltuarius following Stotz et al. (1996), who also split Crypturellus idoneus, but all these taxa are lumped into Red-legged Tinamou (Crypturellus erythropus) following SACC (2006).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Black-capped Tinamou (Crypturellus atrocapillus) or Yellow-legged Tinamou (Crypturellus noctivagus).

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

columbianus (Salvadori, 1895) - North-central Colombia. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Colombian Tinamou (Crypturellus columbianus).
saltuarius Wetmore, 1950 - Magdalena Valley, north-central Colombia. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Magdalena Tinamou (Crypturellus saltuarius).
idoneus (Todd, 1919) - North-eastern Colombia, north-western Venezuela. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Santa Marta Tinamou (Crypturellus idoneus).
cursitans Wetmore & Phelps Jr, 1956 - Northern Colombia, north-western Venezuela.
spencei (Brabourne & Chubb, C, 1914) - Northern Venezuela.
margaritae Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1948 - Margarita I (Venezuela).
erythropus (Pelzeln, 1863) - Eastern Venezuela to north-eastern Brazil.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-legged Tinamou (Crypturellus erythropus) - 10 files

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