Andean Tinamou
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| Nothoprocta pentlandii (Gray, 1867) |
The Andean Tinamou, Nothoprocta pentlandii is a member of the most ancient groups of bird families, the tinamous. The species is commonly found in high altitude shrubland habitats in subtropical and tropical regions up to 800 to 4,100 m altitude. This species is found in Andes ranges from Ecuador to northern Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina in South America.
The binomial name commemorates the Irish traveller Joseph Barclay Pentland (1797-1873) by George Robert Gray in 1867.
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[edit] Subspecies
The Andean Tinamou has seven subspecies as follows:
- Nominate race Nothoprocta pentlandii pentlandii occurs from Bolivia to north-west Argentina
- Nothoprocta pentlandii ambigua occurs in southern Ecuador
- Nothoprocta pentlandii oustaleti occurs in southern Ecuador and north-west Peru
- Nothoprocta pentlandii niethammeri occurs on the central Peruvian coast
- Nothoprocta pentlandii fulvescens occurs in south-east Peru
- Nothoprocta pentlandii doeringi occurs in central Argentina
- Nothoprocta pentlandii mendozae occurs in west-central Argentina
[edit] Characteristics
The Andean Tinamou is approximately 27 cm in length. Its upperparts are greyish-brown to olive brown barred and streaked with black and white. Its breast grey spotted with white or buff, belly buffy or whitish with crown blackish, sides of head and throat mottled greyish. Its legs yellowish.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Nothoprocta pentlandii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
[edit] External links
- BirdLife Species Factsheet
- IUCN Red List
- Andean Tinamou - Saint Louis Zoo
- Andean Tinamou videos on the Internet Bird Collection
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