Red-winged Tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens)

Family
Tinamidae (Tinamous)

Size
39 - 42.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1815)

Habitat
Dry savanna. Also, temperate grassland, subtropical and tropical lowland moist shrubland, high altitude shrubland, pastureland. From sea-level - 2,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina (B), Bolivia (B), Brazil (B), Paraguay (B), Peru (B), Uruguay (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 (more (41)...)

Red-winged Tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens) [XC549344]
by from Forestal Belga (Cruce Caballero), San Pedro, Misiones, Argentina (song)

Red-winged Tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens) [XC454255]
by Miguel Angelo Biz from Setor Samambaia, mata seca, perto da UFG-Agronomia, Goi\u00e2nia-Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Rhynchotus rufescens (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Red-winged Tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens) and Huayco Tinamou (Rhynchotus maculicollis) following SACC (2005).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

catingae Reiser, 1905 - Central and north-eastern Brazil.
rufescens (Temminck, 1815) - Northern Bolivia to eastern Brazil and south to eastern Paraguay, north-eastern Argentina and Uruguay.
pallescens Kothe, 1907 - North-eastern and central Argentina.
maculicollis G. R. Gray, 1867 - Andes of north-western Bolivia to north-western Argentina. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Huayco Tinamou (Rhynchotus maculicollis).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-winged Tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens) - 10 files

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