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).

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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