Brushland Tinamou (Nothoprocta cinerascens)

Family
Tinamidae (Tinamous)

Size
30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Burmeister, 1860)

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.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay.

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 (24)...)

Brushland Tinamou (Nothoprocta cinerascens) [XC8953]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from 5km east of El Tunal, Salta, Argentina (song)

Brushland Tinamou (Nothoprocta cinerascens) [XC446488]
by Niels Krabbe from Luis Calvo, Departamento de Chuquisaca, Bolivia (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.
parvimaculata Olrog, 1959 - North-western Argentina.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Brushland Tinamou (Nothoprocta cinerascens) - 10 files

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