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 VU    Grey Tinamou* Id (Atlas):
    Tinamus tao

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Grey Tinamou, Gray Tinamou, Tao Tinamou

Family
Tinamidae (Tinamous)

Size
42.50 - 49 cm

First Described (Guide)
Temminck, 1815

Range (Guide)
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

 
Grey Tinamou (Tinamus tao) [XC537901]
     by Dante Buzzetti from Purus River, Boca do Acre, State of Amazonas, Brazil (song)

 
Grey Tinamou (Tinamus tao) [XC3145]
     by Jeremy Minns from Serran\u00eda Cuchilla, Pil\u00f3n Lajas Biosphere Reserve, Beni, Bolivia (song, a single song)

Subspecies
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

  • tao Temminck, 1815   -  North-central Brazil.
  • larensis Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1949   -  Central Colombia, north-western Venezuela.
  • kleei (Tschudi, 1843)   -  South-central Colombia and eastern Ecuador to eastern Bolivia and western Brazil.
  • septentrionalis Brabourne & Chubb, C, 1913   -  North-eastern Venezuela, (?) north-western Guyana.



References
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Files:
JPG files for Grey Tinamou (Tinamus tao) - 10 files


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