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).

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) [XC549342]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Forestal Belga (Cruce Caballero), San Pedro, Misiones, Argentina (song)

Red-winged Tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens) [XC332781]
by ceferino from Reserva Natural Rinc\u00f3n de Santa Mar\u00eda. Ituzaing\u00f3, Corrientes, Argentina (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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